transmit
verb (used with object)
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
have transmitted
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present perfectof transmit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Days later, he learned that the severe disease typically carried by rodents may have transmitted person-to-person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Some have now been seen in viruses infecting people, but none of those appear to have transmitted onward.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 5, 2024
The most likely explanation is that they have transmitted these elements to each other.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
Tri later tested positive for Covid, and was found to have transmitted the virus to members of his family as well as staff at a welfare centre which he visited.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2021
He could have transmitted the virus to his wife and offspring.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
