transmit

UK: /trænzˈmɪt/

US: /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/

US: (trans mit′, tranz-)

Inflections of 'transmit' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

transmits

v 3rd person singular

transmitting

v pres p

transmitted

v past

transmitted

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

trans•mit /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/   v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 

1. to send (a signal, etc.) to someone receiving, or to a destination; dispatch: [~ + object]
   Transmit this message at once!
   [no object]
   The submarine was transmitting, but there was no one to receive the signal.
2. Telecommunications [~ + object] to communicate, as information or news.
3. Pathology to spread (disease, etc.) to another:
   [~ + object] to transmit AIDS.
4. Physics to cause or allow (light, heat, etc.) to pass through a medium:
   [~ + object] Glass transmits light.

trans•mis•si•ble/trænsˈmɪsəbəl, trænz-/  trans•mit•ta•ble, adj. 
trans•mit•tal, trans•mit•tance, n. [uncountable] See -mit-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

trans•mit  (trans mit′, tranz-), v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 
v.t. 

1. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination;
   dispatch;
   convey.
2. to communicate, as information or news.
3. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
4. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring:
   The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
5. [Physics.]
   • to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
   • to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
   • to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through:
     Glass transmits light.
6. [Radio and Television.] to emit (electromagnetic waves).

v.i. 

7. to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
8. to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.

• Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + mittere to send
• Middle English transmitten 1350–1400

trans•mit ′ta•ble, trans•mit′ti•ble, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. transfer, remit.
• 2. bear. See carry.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

transmit / trænzˈmɪt/ verb ( -mits, -mitting, -mitted)

1. (transitive) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
2. (transitive) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
3. (transitive) to hand down to posterity
4. (tr; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
5. to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc): radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
6. to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
7. to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
8. (transitive) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send

transˈmittable, transˈmittible adjective

transˈmittal noun