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transmit verb [ tranzˈmɪt ]

• cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another.
• "knowledge is transmitted from teacher to pupil"
Similar: transfer, pass on, hand on, communicate, convey, impart, channel, carry, bear, relay, dispatch, mediate, disseminate, spread, circulate, diffuse, radiate,
Opposite: receive,
• broadcast or send out (an electrical signal or a radio or television programme).
• "the programme was transmitted on 7 October"
Similar: broadcast, relay, send out, put on (the) air, air, televise, radio, telecast, videocast, podcast, show, publish, emit, wire, beam, pipe, live-stream,
• allow (heat, light, sound, electricity, or other energy) to pass through a medium.
• "the three bones transmit sound waves to the inner ear"
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin transmittere, from trans- ‘across’ + mittere ‘send’.


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