Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To send out or give off.

    I just emitted a giggle.

    aussenden, abgeben, emittieren

    выбра́сыватьvybrásyvatʹ, выделя́тьvydeljátʹ, испуска́тьispuskátʹ

    give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

  2. (intransitive)To come out, to be sent out or given off.

  3. (transitive)To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.

  4. (broadly, transitive)To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.

Examples

37 sentences
  1. Lightbulbs emit heat.

    Лампочки випромінюють тепло.

    ruЛампочки излучают тепло.

    deGlühbirnen strahlen Wärme aus.

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  2. Planets don't emit light by themselves.

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  3. Why doesn't it emit any light?

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  4. The flower emitted a foul odor.

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  5. Even the best cars emit carbon dioxide.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to send out or give off:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to send out or give off:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēmittō.

Borrowed from Latin ēmittō.

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Forms

emits, emitting, emitted, emitted
Base formemit · to emit
3rd person singularemits
Present participleemitting
Past simpleemitted
Past participleemitted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyemit
he, she, itemits

Past simpleLesson

all personsemitted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave emitted
he, she, ithas emitted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill emit

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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