emit
verb
Simple meaning
Give off, send forth.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪˈmɪt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
“The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits.”
transitive
To send out or give off.
intransitive
To come out, to be sent out or given off.
transitiveprogramming
To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
Used this way, emit is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits.”verb
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
The electrode in a transistor where electrons originate.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current.
A self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- glowverb
- ultravioletnoun
- fluorescencenoun
- emissionnoun
- photonnoun
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