verb
Meaning 1
To send out or give off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I just emitted a giggle.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outsend, output, emanate
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
emit
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/iˈmɪt/
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/ɪˈmɪt/
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South-Asia: /ˈɛmɪʈ/
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rhymes with -ɪt
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 M IH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To come out, to be sent out or given off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emanate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
expel (gases or odors)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breathe, pass off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
Narrower terms: burp, bubble, belch, eruct, force out, exhale, give forth, emanate, radiate
verb
Meaning 6
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She let out a big heavy sigh
- He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: utter, let out, let loose
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: call, gibber, crow, trumpet, coo, shout, shout out, cry, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall, miaou, miaow, tsk, tut, tut-tut, repeat, echo, shoot, gurgle, nasale, bite out, sigh, troat, lift, pant, volley, break into, heave, chorus, sputter, splutter, deliver, hoot, grunt, wolf-whistle, snort, spit, spit out, groan, moan, grumble, growl, rumble, howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl, bark, bleat, blate, blat, baa, bellow, roar, peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup, churr, whirr, chirr, meow, mew, quack, honk, cronk, hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate, hee-haw, bray, squeal, oink, cluck, click, clack, moo, low, cackle, gobble, neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny, gargle, caw, haw, hem, croak, sing, smack, give
verb
Meaning 7
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: give out, give off
Antonyms: absorb
Narrower terms: effuse, reflect, shine, spark, sparkle, radiate, scintillate, fume, smoke, reek, shoot, ray, steam
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth2eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittōbor. English emit Borrowed from Latin ēmittō.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: uitstuur — to send out or give off
- Afrikaans: uitstraal — to send out or give off
- Albanian: emetoj — to send out or give off
- Arabic: نَفَثَ (nafaṯa) — to send out or give off
- Arabic: أَصْدَرَ (ʔaṣdara) — to send out or give off
- Arabic: لَفَظَ (lafaẓa) — to send out or give off
- Aragonese: emitir — to send out or give off
- Asturian: emitir — to send out or give off
- Bulgarian: изпускам (izpuskam) — to send out or give off
- Bulgarian: излъчвам (izlǎčvam) — to send out or give off
- Catalan: emetre — to send out or give off
- Chinese Mandarin: 排放 (páifàng) — to send out or give off
- Chinese Mandarin: 散發 /散发 (sànfā) — to send out or give off
- Czech: vypustit — to send out or give off
- Czech: vydat — to send out or give off
- Czech: vypouštět — to send out or give off
- Czech: vydávat — to send out or give off
- Dutch: uitzenden — to send out or give off
- Dutch: afgeven — to send out or give off
- Finnish: päästää — to send out or give off
- Finnish: emittoida — to send out or give off
- Finnish: lähettää — to send out or give off
- Finnish: säteillä — to send out or give off
- French: émettre — to send out or give off
- Galician: emitir — to send out or give off
- Georgian: გამოცემა (gamocema) — to send out or give off
- Georgian: გამოყოფა (gamoq̇opa) — to send out or give off
- Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba) — to send out or give off
- German: aussenden — to send out or give off
- German: abgeben — to send out or give off
- German: emittieren — to send out or give off
- Greek: εκπέμπω (ekpémpo) — to send out or give off
- Haitian Creole: emèt — to send out or give off
- Hungarian: kibocsát — to send out or give off
- Ingrian: antaa — to send out or give off
- Irish: astaigh — to send out or give off
- Italian: emettere — to send out or give off
- Japanese: 放つ (hanatsu) — to send out or give off
- Japanese: 放射する (hōsha-surú) — to send out or give off
- Khmer: បញ្ចេញ (bɑñcəñ) — to send out or give off
- Latin: ēmittō — to send out or give off
- Persian: گسیل کردن (gosil kardan) — to send out or give off
- Persian: گسی کردن (gosi kardan) — to send out or give off
- Persian: گسیلیدن (gosilidan) — to send out or give off
- Portuguese: emitir — to send out or give off
- Romanian: emite — to send out or give off
- Russian: выбра́сывать (vybrásyvatʹ) — to send out or give off
- Russian: выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) — to send out or give off
- Russian: испуска́ть (ispuskátʹ) — to send out or give off
- Russian: изверга́ть (izvergátʹ) — to send out or give off
- Spanish: emitir — to send out or give off
- Turkish: salmak — to send out or give off
- Ottoman Turkish: یایمق (yaymak) — to send out or give off
- Vietnamese: phát ra — to send out or give off
- Welsh: allyrru — to send out or give off