transmit
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See also transmît
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: trănsmĭt', trănzmĭt' IPA: /tɹænsˈmɪt/, /tɹænzˈmɪt/, X-SAMPA: /tr\{ns"mIt/, /tr\{nz"mIt/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, v, literally “over-send”). See also oversend.
Verb [edit]
transmit (third-person singular simple present transmits, present participle transmitting, simple past and past participle transmitted)
- (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
- (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
- (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
- (transitive) To communicate news or information.
- (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism.
- (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
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Translations [edit]
to send or convey from someone, some place or sth to another
to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal
to impart, convey or hand down sth by inheritance or heredity
to communicate news or information
to convey energy or force through a mechanism
to send out a signal
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French [edit]
Verb [edit]
transmit
- third-person singular past historic of transmettre
