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# transmit

verb (transmit, transmits, transmitted, transmitting)

«transmit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To send out radio, TV or electronic signals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#m1)
2. To pass something, like a disease, from one person or thing to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#m2)
3. To let light, heat, sound or electricity pass through: Glass transmits light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, materials that transmit light are transparent; metals transmit electricity and heat well. In health lessons, some illnesses are transmitted by coughs or bites. In technology, phones and radios transmit signals as waves.

### Examples

- The station transmits news every hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#x1)
- Mosquitoes can transmit malaria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#x2)
- Glass transmits light, but wood does not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#x3)
- Copper wire transmits electricity well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#x4)
- The rover transmitted pictures from Mars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#x5)
- Covering your mouth when you cough helps stop germs being transmitted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/#x6)

### Note

Doubles the t: transmitted, transmitting (stress on -MIT). Noun: transmission; a device: transmitter. Opposite actions: receive (signals), block (light).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «transmit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«transmit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/transmit.html) on Mova free.