Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

    send from one person or place to another

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

  3. (transitive)To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.

  4. (intransitive, transitive)To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).

    übermitteln

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

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

    A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.

  7. (intransitive)To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

    The Mayday call transmitted successfully.

Examples

58 sentences
  1. We have to transmit our culture to the next generation.

    ruМы должны передать нашу культуру следующему поколению.

    deWir müssen unsere Kultur an die nächste Generation weitergeben.

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  2. Iron transmits heat well.

    ruЖелезо хорошо передаёт тепло.

    deEisen leitet Wärme recht gut.

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  3. Life is a fatal sexually transmitted disease.

    Життя — смертельна хвороба, що передається статевим шляхом.

    ruЖизнь - это смертельный недуг, передаваемый половым путём.

    deDas Leben ist eine tödliche, sexuell übertragbare Krankheit.

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  4. He has transmitted all his knowledge to his son.

    Він передав усі свої знання синові.

    ruОн передал все свои знания сыну.

    deEr hat sein gesamtes Wissen an seinen Sohn weitergegeben.

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  5. Water transmits sound better than air.

    ruВода проводит звук лучше, чем воздух.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to communicate (news or information):

Origin

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literal

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

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Forms

transmits, transmitting, transmitted, transmitted
Base formtransmit · to transmit
3rd person singulartransmits
Present participletransmitting
Past simpletransmitted
Past participletransmitted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytransmit
he, she, ittransmits

Past simpleLesson

all personstransmitted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill transmit

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

21 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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