Transmit

Quick meaning: Transmit is a verb meaning (transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

Meaning

(transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
2. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
4. (transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
6. (intransitive) To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

Example Sentences

The Mayday call transmitted successfully.

A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.

The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.

Word Forms

• transmits
• transmitting
• transmitted

Synonyms for transmit

Depending on context, synonyms include oversend, broadcast, convey, conduct, beam, channel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include send, convey, conduct, transfer, transport, broadcast.

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