"transmit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /tɹænsˈmɪt/, /tɹænzˈmɪt/ Audio: en-us-transmit.ogg [US] Forms: transmits [present, singular, third-person], transmitting [participle, present], transmitted [participle, past], transmitted [past]
enPR: trănsmĭt' Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “over-send”). See also oversend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|transmitten}} Middle English transmitten, {{der|en|la|trānsmittō||transmit|lit=over-send|pos=verb}} Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “over-send”), {{l|en|oversend}} oversend Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} transmit (third-person singular simple present transmits, present participle transmitting, simple past and past participle transmitted)
  1. (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Broadcasting Translations (to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another): παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi) (Ancient Greek), предавам (predavam) (Bulgarian), transmetre (Catalan), přenést (Czech), sende (Danish), doorgeven (Dutch), transdoni (Esperanto), edasi andma (Estonian), lähettää (Finnish), siirtää (Finnish), transmitir (Galician), iompair (Irish), transmite (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-transmit-en-verb-zwvytgxU Disambiguation of Broadcasting: 19 13 10 22 9 26 Disambiguation of 'to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another': 48 3 12 1 11 25
  2. (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Broadcasting Translations (to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal): пренасям (prenasjam) (Bulgarian), transmetre (Catalan), šířit (Czech), transmittere (Danish), sende (Danish), doorgeven (Dutch), lähettää (english: ~ signal) (Finnish), levittää (english: ~ disease) (Finnish), μεταδίδω (metadído) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-transmit-en-verb-CLXU-KID Disambiguation of Broadcasting: 19 13 10 22 9 26 Disambiguation of 'to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal': 3 81 4 3 2 7
  3. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Broadcasting Translations (to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity): предавам по наследство (predavam po nasledstvo) (Bulgarian), transmetre (Catalan), doorgeven (Dutch), välittää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-transmit-en-verb-1OfuuY55 Disambiguation of Broadcasting: 19 13 10 22 9 26 Disambiguation of 'to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity': 6 2 79 2 6 6
  4. (transitive) To communicate news or information. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Broadcasting Translations (to communicate news or information): предавам (predavam) (Bulgarian), съобщавам (sǎobštavam) (Bulgarian), transmetre (Catalan), doorgeven (Dutch), välittää (Finnish), übermitteln (German), transmite (Romanian), kissemer (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-transmit-en-verb-Q2ZesW~v Disambiguation of Broadcasting: 19 13 10 22 9 26 Disambiguation of 'to communicate news or information': 1 2 3 91 1 1
  5. (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium. Tags: transitive Translations (to convey energy or force through a mechanism): пренасям (prenasjam) (Bulgarian), transmetre (Catalan), doorgeven (Dutch), välittää (Finnish), transmite (Romanian), پارمُڪَڻُ (Paarmukann-u) (Sindhi)
    Sense id: en-transmit-en-verb-K-Gd4W06 Disambiguation of 'to convey energy or force through a mechanism': 14 2 15 2 60 6
  6. (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive). Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Broadcasting Translations (to send out a signal): излъчвам (izlǎčvam) (Bulgarian), transmetre (Catalan), vysílat (Czech), uitzenden (Dutch), lähettää (Finnish), μεταδίδω (metadído) (Greek), پارمڪَڻُ (paarmukann-u) (Sindhi), sända (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-transmit-en-verb-70iKX7yc Disambiguation of Broadcasting: 19 13 10 22 9 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with trans- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 6 23 2 3 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 5 24 2 2 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with trans-: 14 22 15 7 9 32 Disambiguation of 'to send out a signal': 17 7 6 1 3 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oversend Derived forms: cross-transmit, press-to-transmit, push-to-transmit, TX [abbreviation] Related terms: transmission, transmittable, transmittal, transmittance, transmittant, transmitter, mission

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        "(transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another."
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          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
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          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
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          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
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          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
          "word": "přenést"
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          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
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        {
          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
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        {
          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
          "word": "lähettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
          "word": "siirtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
          "word": "transmitir"
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          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
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          "roman": "paradídōmi",
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          "word": "παραδίδωμι"
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          "_dis1": "48 3 12 1 11 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
          "word": "iompair"
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        "To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal."
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        "(transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal."
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          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prenasjam",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "пренасям"
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          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "transmetre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "šířit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "transmittere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "sende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "doorgeven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "~ signal",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "lähettää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "~ disease",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "levittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 3 2 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "metadído",
          "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
          "word": "μεταδίδω"
        }
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          "parents": [
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity."
      ],
      "id": "en-transmit-en-verb-1OfuuY55",
      "links": [
        [
          "impart",
          "impart"
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        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "hand down",
          "hand down"
        ],
        [
          "inheritance",
          "inheritance"
        ],
        [
          "heredity",
          "heredity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 79 2 6 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predavam po nasledstvo",
          "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
          "word": "предавам по наследство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 79 2 6 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
          "word": "transmetre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 79 2 6 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
          "word": "doorgeven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 79 2 6 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
          "word": "välittää"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Broadcasting",
          "orig": "en:Broadcasting",
          "parents": [
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To communicate news or information."
      ],
      "id": "en-transmit-en-verb-Q2ZesW~v",
      "links": [
        [
          "communicate",
          "communicate"
        ],
        [
          "news",
          "news"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To communicate news or information."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predavam",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "предавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎobštavam",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "съобщавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "transmetre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "doorgeven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "välittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "übermitteln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "transmite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 3 91 1 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to communicate news or information",
          "word": "kissemer"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728",
          "text": "The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.",
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      ],
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        "To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium."
      ],
      "id": "en-transmit-en-verb-K-Gd4W06",
      "links": [
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "mechanism",
          "mechanism"
        ],
        [
          "medium",
          "medium"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 2 15 2 60 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prenasjam",
          "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
          "word": "пренасям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 2 15 2 60 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
          "word": "transmetre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 2 15 2 60 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
          "word": "doorgeven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 2 15 2 60 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
          "word": "välittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 2 15 2 60 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
          "word": "transmite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 2 15 2 60 6",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "roman": "Paarmukann-u",
          "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
          "word": "پارمُڪَڻُ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 6 23 2 3 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 5 24 2 2 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 22 15 7 9 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with trans-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 13 10 22 9 26",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Broadcasting",
          "orig": "en:Broadcasting",
          "parents": [
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To send out a signal (as opposed to receive)."
      ],
      "id": "en-transmit-en-verb-70iKX7yc",
      "links": [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izlǎčvam",
          "sense": "to send out a signal",
          "word": "излъчвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to send out a signal",
          "word": "transmetre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to send out a signal",
          "word": "vysílat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to send out a signal",
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          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "lähettää"
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
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          "roman": "metadído",
          "sense": "to send out a signal",
          "word": "μεταδίδω"
        },
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          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
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          "roman": "paarmukann-u",
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          "word": "پارمڪَڻُ"
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          "_dis1": "17 7 6 1 3 66",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to send out a signal",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/tɹænsˈmɪt/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tɹænzˈmɪt/"
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    }
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}
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          "news"
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          "information"
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        "(transitive) To communicate news or information."
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728",
          "text": "The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium."
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        "(transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium."
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        }
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        "To send out a signal (as opposed to receive)."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive)."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɹænsˈmɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɹænzˈmɪt/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪt"
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    }
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      "word": "oversend"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "предавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "transmetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "přenést"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "sende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "doorgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "transdoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "edasi andma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "lähettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "siirtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "transmitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paradídōmi",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "παραδίδωμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "iompair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another",
      "word": "transmite"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prenasjam",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "пренасям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "transmetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "šířit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "transmittere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "sende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "doorgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "~ signal",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "lähettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "~ disease",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "levittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metadído",
      "sense": "to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal",
      "word": "μεταδίδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam po nasledstvo",
      "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
      "word": "предавам по наследство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
      "word": "transmetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
      "word": "doorgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "предавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎobštavam",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "съобщавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "transmetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "doorgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "übermitteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "transmite"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to communicate news or information",
      "word": "kissemer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prenasjam",
      "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
      "word": "пренасям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
      "word": "transmetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
      "word": "doorgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
      "word": "transmite"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "Paarmukann-u",
      "sense": "to convey energy or force through a mechanism",
      "word": "پارمُڪَڻُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izlǎčvam",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "излъчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "transmetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "vysílat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "uitzenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "lähettää"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metadído",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "μεταδίδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "paarmukann-u",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "پارمڪَڻُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to send out a signal",
      "word": "sända"
    }
  ],
  "word": "transmit"
}

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