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- pronunciation:
- traenz
mIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
transmits, transmitting, transmitted |
| definition 1: |
to send or carry from one person, place, or thing to another.
Please transmit this message to the commander.- synonyms:
- convey, dispatch, send
- similar words:
- carry, deliver, direct, forward, relay, transfer
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| definition 2: |
to make known or send out; broadcast.
Our local TV station transmits the news every day at six o'clock.- synonyms:
- broadcast, communicate
- similar words:
- circulate, convey, radio, release, send, telecast, televise
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| definition 3: |
to pass on or spread.
Mosquitoes transmit diseases.- synonyms:
- communicate
- similar words:
- carry, pass, spread
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| related words: |
dispatch, move, project, radiate, transport |
| derivations: |
transmittable (adj.), transmittal (n.) |
The word transmit
contains the following parts:
tra-, trans-
Latin
prefix
that means across, over, to the other side
  Example words:
transatlantic, transfer, transform, transit, transition, translate, translucent, transmit, transparent, transpire, transplant, transport
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
Example words:
admission, admit, admittance, commission, commissioner, commit, committee, compromise, dismiss, emission, emit, missile, mission, missionary, omit, permission, permit, premise, promise, promising, remission, submit, transmission, transmit, transmitter
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