transmit
verb OPAL W
/trænzˈmɪt/
/trænzˈmɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transmit | /trænzˈmɪt/ /trænzˈmɪt/ |
| he / she / it transmits | /trænzˈmɪts/ /trænzˈmɪts/ |
| past simple transmitted | /trænzˈmɪtɪd/ /trænzˈmɪtɪd/ |
| past participle transmitted | /trænzˈmɪtɪd/ /trænzˈmɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form transmitting | /trænzˈmɪtɪŋ/ /trænzˈmɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] transmit (something) (from…) (to…) to send an electronic signal, radio or television broadcast, etc.
- signals transmitted from a satellite
- The ceremony was transmitted live by satellite to over fifty countries.
- a short-wave radio that can transmit as well as receive
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb2- Movies can be transmitted over the internet.
- The data will be automatically transmitted from one part of the system to another.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- automatically
- electronically
- from
- over
- to
- …
- [transitive] (formal) to pass something from one person to another synonym transfer
- transmit something sexually transmitted diseases
- transmit something to somebody Parents can unwittingly transmit their own fears to their children.
Extra Examples- The disease cannot be transmitted through coughing or sneezing.
- The infection can be transmitted from a mother to her baby.
- The virus is easily transmitted via needles.
- the study of genetically transmitted diseases
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- readily
- genetically
- …
- from
- through
- to
- …
- [transitive] transmit something (specialist) to allow heat, light, sound, etc. to pass through
- Steam only transmits heat when it condenses.
- This chapter explains how sounds are transmitted through the air.
synonym conduct
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin transmittere, from trans- ‘across’ + mittere ‘send’.