transmit
verb
Simple meaning
Send from one person or place to another.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
tɹænzˈmɪt
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
Send from one person or place to another
transitive
To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
transitiveintransitive
To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
intransitive
To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
Transfer to another
transitive
To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Send from one person or place to another
Used this way, transmit is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?
Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
To move (something) from one place to another.
To lift (something) and take it to another place.
To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
To carry or bear from one place to another.
To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Someone who transmits a message.
The act of sending a message.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
Transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals.
An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal.
A transmitter on a communications satellite.
A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact.
An early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- transmissionnoun
- antennanoun
- modulationnoun
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