transmit.
To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
Meaning & usage
To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.
To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
The Mayday call transmitted successfully.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.