transmitted

ADJECTIVE

acquired

Synonyms

STRONG

accrued bequeathed endowed given granted inherited

WEAK

handed-down passed on

Antonyms

WEAK

deprived forfeited lost

ADJECTIVE

hereditary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

genetic inborn

WEAK

ancestral bequeathed family genealogical handed-down heritable inbred inheritable inherited lineal maternal paternal patrimonial traditional transmissible willed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

acquired

ADJECTIVE

sent

Synonyms

STRONG

appointed commissioned committed consigned delegated directed discharged dispatched emitted gone issued mailed ordered posted transported

Antonyms

WEAK

held-back kept restrained

ADJECTIVE

traditional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classic classical common conventional historic long-established old popular regular time-honored universal

WEAK

acceptable accustomed acknowledged ancestral customary doctrinal fixed folk habitual immemorial oral prescribed rooted sanctioned taken for granted unwritten widely used widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different extraordinary infrequent irregular modern new rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

fresh unestablished unfixed untraditional

ADJECTIVE

transferred

Synonyms

STRONG

conveyed reassigned relocated removed sent shifted shipped transplanted transported

WEAK

restationed

Antonyms

WEAK

fixed stationed

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Because this information is transmitted without encryption, anyone within range can potentially read it.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

But equipment to isolate and treat those infected by Ebola, which is transmitted through close contact, only began arriving in Rwampara on Monday, several days after the outbreak was declared.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Dr. Josh Schiffer, an infectious-disease modeler and physician at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, says the study makes clear that Andes hantavirus can be transmitted through the air.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

This time, before she vanished into the darkness, a spirit message was transmitted, “I am here to bid you greeting. The rappings shall still go on.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

transmitted

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