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transmit

/tɹænsˈmɪt/verb2 syllables

Transmit means: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.

Synonyms for transmit16

verb, as in transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

verb, as in send from one person or place to another

transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise

verb, as in broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

verb, as in transfer to another

also used for transmit

oversend

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What does transmit mean?4

verb

1

transmit or serve as the medium for transmission“Sound carries well over water”

2

send from one person or place to another“transmit a message”

3

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television“We cannot air this X-rated song”

4

transfer to another“communicate a disease”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with transmit?36

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Transmit in a sentence

  • Music that doesn't transmit feelings, images, thoughts, or memories is just background noise.papabear
  • Flashing lights transmit messages between ships and to motorists along city streets.Whiskkebarr
  • We have to transmit our culture to the next generation.CK
  • A stink bug can transmit that flavor into berries and fruit when it feeds.Hybrid
  • Signal lamps are used to transmit Morse code.megamanenm
  • Leeches do not transmit diseases to humans, but in rare cases they can provoke an allergic reaction.sangelo
  • Water transmits sound better than air.CM
  • It transmits movement by belts and pulleys.wallebot

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Forms of transmit

as a verb

past tense
transmitted
present participle
transmitting
third-person singular
transmits
past participle
transmitted