transmit
verbattested in dialogue
- //tɹænsˈmɪt//
- //tɹænzˈmɪt//
To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
verb
- 1
To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- 2
To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- 3
To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
- 4
To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
- 5
To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.
- 6
To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.
- 7
To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
The Mayday call transmitted successfully.
Etymology
From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).
Forms
- past tense
- transmitted
- past participle
- transmitted
- present participle
- transmitting
- third person singular
- transmits
transmit · To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
transmitted · That has been transmitted (in a specified manner).transmitter · One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).transmitting · A process of transmission.