transmitverb
uk/trænzˈmɪt/us/trænsˈmɪt/-tt-transmit verb (RADIO/TELEVISION)
C1 [ I or T ] to broadcast something, or to send out or carry signals using radio, television, etc.:
Radio Seven transmits on 201 medium wave (= uses those particular radio waves to broadcast on).
The information is transmitted electronically to the central computer.
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- Some types of the anopheles mosquito transmit malaria to humans.
- Instructions were transmitted to the pilots through their headphones.
- The programmes were being transmitted on from illegal radio stations.
- His broadcasts were transmitted late at night.
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Broadcasting in general
- airplay
- airtime
- airwaves
- break
- broadcast
- cable
- commentator
- present
- preview
- prime time
- production
- public broadcasting
- public service broadcasting
- radio
- season
- station
- tower
- transmitter
- tune in
- voice-over
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transmit verb (PASS)
C2 [ T ] to pass something from one person or place to another:
a sexually transmitted disease
Cholera is transmitted through contaminated water.
Some diseases are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Somehow your panic and fear transmits itself to the horse that you're riding.
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Passing on illness & causing disease
- carrier
- carry
- catch
- contagious
- epidemic
- harbour
- incubate
- infect
- infected
- infest
- insalubrious
- mediastinum
- non-communicable
- prophylactic
- transmission
- unhygienic
- vector
- verminous
- virulence
- virulent
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