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transmit

/tɹænsˈmɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
trans-mit
IPA
/tɹænsˈmɪt/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

verb

To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).

Transitive verb

verb

To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.

Transitive verb

verb

To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.

Transitive verb

verb

To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: transmitten, trānsmittō

Usage

Inflected Forms

transmits (present, singular) transmitting (participle, present) transmitted (participle, past) transmitted (past)

Derived Forms

cotransmit mistransmit neurotransmit pretransmit retransmit teletransmit transceive transmitarray transmittable transmittal transmitter transmittible

Phrases

cross-transmit press-to-transmit push-to-transmit

Frequently Paired Words

transmissible transmission transmittance transmittant mission

Synonyms

broadcast oversend air send beam transfer transport channel channelize channelise

Rhymes With

it shit bit hit fit sit split admit quit kit commit submit

Questions

How do you pronounce transmit?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænsˈmɪt/.
What does transmit mean?
To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
Where does transmit come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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