Standard Lemma guide

transmit

verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • trănsmĭt'
  • trănzmĭt'
  • /tɹænsˈmɪt/
  • /tɹænzˈmɪt/
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  • rhymes with -ɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AE0 N Z M IH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broadcast

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The Mayday call transmitted successfully.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We cannot air this X-rated song

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air, send, broadcast, beam

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: publicize, publicise, air, bare

Narrower terms: satellite, sportscast, telecast, televise, interrogate, rerun, rebroadcast

9

verb

Meaning 9

send from one person or place to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • transmit a message

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

Narrower terms: bring, get, convey, fetch, project, propagate, translate, turn, release, send, send out

10

verb

Meaning 10

transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Sound carries well over water
  • The airwaves carry the sound
  • Many metals conduct heat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: impart, conduct, convey, carry, channel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bring, convey, take

Narrower terms: wash up, pipe in, bring in, retransmit

11

verb

Meaning 11

transfer to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • communicate a disease

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: convey, communicate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transfer

Narrower terms: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across

History

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предавам (predavam) — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Catalan: transmetre — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Czech: přenést — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Danish: sende — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Dutch: doorgeven — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Esperanto: transdoni — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Esperanto: transmeti — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Estonian: edasi andma — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Finnish: lähettää — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Finnish: siirtää — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Galician: transmitir — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Ancient Greek: παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Irish: iompair — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Persian: تراگسیلیدن (tarāgosilidan) — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Romanian: transmite — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Spanish: transmitir — to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another
  • Bulgarian: пренасям (prenasjam) — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Catalan: transmetre — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Czech: šířit — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Danish: transmittere — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Danish: sende — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Dutch: doorgeven — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Finnish: lähettää — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Finnish: levittää — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Greek: μεταδίδω (metadído) — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Persian: تراگسیلیدن (tarāgosilidan) — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Spanish: transmitir — to spread or pass on, e.g. a disease or signal
  • Bulgarian: предавам по наследство (predavam po nasledstvo) — to impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity
  • Catalan: transmetre — to impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity
  • Dutch: doorgeven — to impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity
  • Finnish: välittää — to impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity
  • Persian: تراگسیلیدن (tarāgosilidan) — to impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity
  • Spanish: transmitir — to impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity
  • Bulgarian: предавам (predavam) — to communicate (news or information)
  • Bulgarian: съобщавам (sǎobštavam) — to communicate (news or information)
  • Catalan: transmetre — to communicate (news or information)
  • Dutch: doorgeven — to communicate (news or information)
  • Finnish: välittää — to communicate (news or information)
  • German: übermitteln — to communicate (news or information)
  • Persian: تراگسیلیدن (tarāgosilidan) — to communicate (news or information)
  • Romanian: transmite — to communicate (news or information)
  • Spanish: transmitir — to communicate (news or information)
  • Walloon: kissemer — to communicate (news or information)
  • Bulgarian: пренасям (prenasjam) — to convey (energy or force)
  • Catalan: transmetre — to convey (energy or force)
  • Dutch: doorgeven — to convey (energy or force)
  • Finnish: välittää — to convey (energy or force)
  • Persian: تراگسیلیدن (tarāgosilidan) — to convey (energy or force)
  • Romanian: transmite — to convey (energy or force)
  • Sindhi: پارمُڪَڻُ (Paarmukann-u) — to convey (energy or force)
  • Spanish: transmitir — to convey (energy or force)
  • Bulgarian: излъчвам (izlǎčvam) — to send out a signal
  • Catalan: transmetre — to send out a signal
  • Czech: vysílat — to send out a signal
  • Dutch: uitzenden — to send out a signal
  • Finnish: lähettää — to send out a signal
  • Greek: μεταδίδω (metadído) — to send out a signal
  • Persian: تراگسیلیدن (tarāgosilidan) — to send out a signal
  • Sindhi: پارمڪَڻُ (paarmukann-u) — to send out a signal
  • Spanish: transmitir — to send out a signal
  • Swedish: sända — to send out a signal
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