transmit

[trans-mit, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /

VERB

communicate, send

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address broadcast carry conduct convey disseminate impart pass on relay spread transfer translate transport

STRONG

bear bequeath break channel consign diffuse dispatch forward funnel instill issue mail pipe radio remit route ship siphon take transfuse

WEAK

drop a line drop a note give a call give a ring hand down hand on put on the air send out traject

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect conceal gather hide hold keep

STRONG

avoid dodge halt maintain receive refuse retain stop

WEAK

get

Example Sentences

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"If you could transmit electricity without energy loss, that would be hugely important for technologies used in our everyday life," said Lau.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

"Now we need to go beyond the symbolic," he said, urging a "real reparations programme", including for example more funds for educational projects to transmit history and help battle systemic racism.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

We are in a moment when the institutions that produce and transmit knowledge—K–12 schools, universities, archives, and media outlets—are under sustained pressure.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

The Andes virus, which circulates in Argentina and Chile and is mainly spread among the long-tailed pygmy rice rat, is the only hantavirus strain known to be able to transmit from human to human.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Patients with yellow fever were isolated in rooms with screens on the windows so that mosquitoes couldn’t feed on their infected blood and then transmit the disease to healthy individuals.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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