transmit

trans·mit

verb \tran(t)s-ˈmit, tranz-\

trans·mit·tedtrans·mit·ting

Definition of TRANSMIT

transitive verb

1

a : to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward b : to cause or allow to spread: as (1) : to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : hand down (2) : to convey (infection) abroad or to another

2

a (1) : to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium (2) : to admit the passage of : conduct <glass transmits light> b : to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire

intransitive verb

: to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire

— trans·mit·ta·ble \-ˈmi-tə-bəl\ adjective

— trans·mit·tal \-ˈmi-t^əl\ noun

Examples of TRANSMIT

1. The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.
2. transmitting and receiving radio signals
3. The radio transmits on two different frequencies.
4. the different ways that people transmit their values
5. The disease is transmitted by sexual contact.

Origin of TRANSMIT

Middle English transmitten, from Latin transmittere, from trans- + mittere to send

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to TRANSMIT

Synonyms: conduct, convey, give, impart, spread, transfer, transfuse, communicate

Antonyms: accept, receive

Related Words: deliver, hand over, surrender, turn over; broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagate; hand down, hand on; contaminate, infect, poison

Near Antonyms: catch, come down (with), contract

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Rhymes with TRANSMIT

a bit, acquit, admit, armpit, backfit, base hit, befit, bowsprit, bushtit, catch it, cesspit, close-knit, cockpit, commit, cool it, culprit, cut it, demit, dimwit, dog it, do it, emit, firelit, fleapit, gaslit, get it, gill slit, godwit, hack it, half-wit, hard-hit, henbit, house-sit, legit, lit crit, make it, mess kit, misfit, mishit, moonlit, mosh pit, nitwit, no-hit, obit, omit, outfit, outwit, owe it, peewit, permit, pinch-hit, Prakrit, press kit, pulpit, refit, remit, rough it, sandpit, Sanskrit, scratch hit, snakebit, snake pit, starlit, stock split, submit, sunlit, switch-hit, tar pit, tidbit, tight-knit, tomtit, to wit, turnspit, twilit, two-bit, unfit, unknit, warp knit, watch it, weft knit, well-knit