transmit
verb (used with object)
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
transmitted
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past participleof transmit.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof transmit.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
transmitverb (used with object)to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
Example Sentences
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Ebola, which is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids and causes haemorrhagic fever, has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the last 50 years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Changes in their levels could therefore point to epigenetic effects that may be transmitted from parents to offspring.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
West Nile virus survives in nature in several types of birds and is transmitted to humans by the bites of mosquitoes that feed on infected birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It added that it has "no visibility of, or control over, the content transmitted by its customers".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Plenty of sunlight is transmitted by the over- lying clouds, about as much as on an overcast day on the Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
