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transceive

/tɹænˈsiv/

transceive verb: to both transmit and receive.

Verb

transceive (third-person singular simple present transceives, present participle transceiving, simple past and past participle transceived)

  1. To both transmit and receive

Forms of transceive

third-person singular presenttransceives
present participletransceiving
past participletransceived
pasttransceived

Origin of transceive

Blend of transmit + receive; alternatively, back-formation from transceiver.

Words that rhyme with transceive

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Questions about transceive

What does transceive mean?
Transceive means to both transmit and receive.
What part of speech is transceive?
Transceive is a verb.
How do you pronounce transceive?
Transceive is pronounced /tɹænˈsiv/.
What is the past tense of transceive?
The past tense of transceive is transceived.

Words near transceive in the dictionary

  1. Transcaucasian SFSR
  2. Transcaucasians
  3. Transcaucasus
  4. transcaval
  5. transcavitary
  6. transceive
  7. transceived
  8. transceiver
  9. transceivers
  10. transceives
  11. transceiving

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