"transmit" meaning in English

See transmit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /trænsˈmɪt/ Audio: en-us-transmit.ogg [US] Forms: transmit [canonical], transmits [third-person, singular], transmitted [past], transmitted [past, participle], transmitting [present, participle]
enPR: trănsmĭt' Head templates: {{verb|transmit|t}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you transmit signals or a message, you send it somewhere else electronically.
    Sense id: simple-transmit-en-verb-wLw9fDdz
     
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