{
    "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’."
}