Emit

Quick meaning: Emit is a verb meaning (transitive) To send out or give off.

Meaning

(transitive) To send out or give off.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.
2. (transitive, programming) To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.
3. (transitive, programming, by extension) To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.

Example Sentences

I just emitted a giggle.

The controls then emit client-side HTML code that is appended to the final page output.

Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures.

Eruption ceased to emit, and aside from the limited success of "I'll Be Your Friend" (--/#40, 1986), Precious Wilson still hopes to hit the big time.

Word Forms

• emits
• emitting
• emitted

Synonyms for emit

Depending on context, synonyms include effuse, output, outsend, shed, emanate, breathe.

Antonyms for emit

Common opposites include absorb, consume, swallow, take in.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include let out, utter, breathe, produce, pass, generate.

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