B2verbformaltechnologyhealth
US/trænzˈmɪt/
UK/trænzˈmɪt/
to send out signals or information, or to pass a disease from one person to another
In context
The match will be transmitted live on national television.
Mosquitoes can transmit dengue fever from one person to another.
The watch transmits your heart rate to an app on your phone.
Words that go with transmit
verb + noun
- transmit dataThe sensors transmit data every ten seconds.
- transmit a diseaseRats can transmit a disease through their urine.
- transmit signalsNerves transmit signals to the brain.
verb + adverb
- transmitted liveThe ceremony was transmitted live around the world.
adverb + verb
- sexually transmittedThe clinic tests for sexually transmitted infections.