transmit

Syllables: trans·mit/tɹænsˈmɪt/

transmit verb: to send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

Verb

transmit (third-person singular simple present transmits, present participle transmitting, simple past and past participle transmitted)

(transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
(transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
(transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
(intransitive, transitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).

Synonyms:

broadcast
(transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
- The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728
(intransitive, transitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
- A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.
(intransitive) To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
- The Mayday call transmitted successfully.

transmit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

transmit in Hindi

संचारित करें

transmit in Tamil

அனுப்பு, செலுத்து, பரப்பு

transmit in Urdu

پہنچانا, ترسیل کرنا

transmit in Bengali

প্রেরণ করা, পাঠান, হস্তান্তরিত করা

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transmit in Malayalam: അയയ്ക്കുക, കൊടുത്തയയ്ക്കുക, എത്തിച്ചുകൊടുക്കുക
transmit in Kannada: ಮಾರೆಡೆಗೊಳಿಸು, ಮರುಪಡೆಸು, ಕಳುಹಿಸು, ಕಳುಹು
transmit in Persian: تراگسیلیدن tarāgosilidan
Sindhi: پارمُڪَڻُ Paarmukann-u, پارمڪَڻُ paarmukann-u

Examples of transmit in a sentence

The first message transmitted by telegraph in the United States was WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT.
A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.
After the digital switchover, analogue television broadcasts were no longer transmitted.

All 40 example sentences with transmit

Synonyms of transmit

Forms of transmit

third-person singular present	transmits
present participle	transmitting
past participle	transmitted
past	transmitted

Past tense of transmit: transmitted

Origin of transmit

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

Words formed from transmit

Words that rhyme with transmit

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Questions about transmit

What does transmit mean?: Transmit means to send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
What is transmit in Hindi?: Transmit in Hindi is संचारित करें. See Transmit meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is transmit?: Transmit is a verb.
How do you pronounce transmit?: Transmit is pronounced /tɹænsˈmɪt/.
What is the past tense of transmit?: The past tense of transmit is transmitted.

Words near transmit in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: transmit (page history and authors); transmit (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); transmit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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