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{
"term": "transmit",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "transmit",
"heSheIt": "transmits"
},
"pastSimple": "transmitted",
"pastParticiple": "transmitted",
"ingForm": "transmitting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to send an electronic signal, radio or television broadcast, etc.",
"sensetop": "transmit (something) (from…) (to…)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "signals transmitted from a satellite"
},
{
"text": "The ceremony was transmitted live by satellite to over fifty countries."
},
{
"text": "a short-wave radio that can transmit as well as receive"
},
{
"text": "Movies can be transmitted over the internet."
},
{
"text": "The data will be automatically transmitted from one part of the system to another."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["automatically", "electronically"],
"preposition": ["from", "over", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to pass something from one person to another",
"sensetop": "transmit somethingtransmit something to somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "sexually transmitted diseases",
"contextForm": "transmit something"
},
{
"text": "Parents can unwittingly transmit their own fears to their children.",
"contextForm": "transmit something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "The disease cannot be transmitted through coughing or sneezing."
},
{
"text": "The infection can be transmitted from a mother to her baby."
},
{
"text": "The virus is easily transmitted via needles."
},
{
"text": "the study of genetically transmitted diseases"
}
],
"synonyms": "transfer",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["easily", "readily", "genetically"],
"preposition": ["from", "through", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to allow heat, light, sound, etc. to pass through",
"sensetop": "transmit something",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Steam only transmits heat when it condenses."
},
{
"text": "This chapter explains how sounds are transmitted through the air."
}
],
"synonyms": "conduct"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪt/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmit__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪts/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmits__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪtɪd/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmitted__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmitting__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪt/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmit__us_2_rr.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪts/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmits__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪtɪd/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmitted__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "tr/transmit/transmitting__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin transmittere, from trans- ‘across’ + mittere ‘send’."
}