Transmit Meaning
/tɹænsˈmɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
verbTo spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
Sentence Examples
Flashing lights transmit messages between ships and to motorists along city streets.
We have to transmit our culture to the next generation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Doctors warn that mosquitoes can ____ deadly diseases like malaria.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new satellite is designed to ____ high-quality weather data back to the ground stations every single hour today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way."
— 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Doctors warn that mosquitoes can ____ deadly diseases like malaria.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new satellite is designed to ____ high-quality weather data back to the ground stations every single hour today.