verb · neutral
transmit
/trænzˈmɪt/trans·MIT
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to send information, signals, or disease from one person or place to another
Examples
“Viruses can be transmitted through droplets when people cough.”
“Data is transmitted over the network every few seconds.”
“The radio transmitter transmits on a fixed frequency.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study showed that misinformation can be rapidly transmitted via social media networks, exacerbating public panic.”
Collocations
- transmit data
- transmit information
- transmit a disease
Word family
transmission nountransmitter noun
Common mistakes
transfer→transmit
send over→transmit
Say it for a higher band
5send→6transfer→7+transmit
Synonyms
send
convey
Easily confused
transfer
“The hospital transferred the patient to another ward.”
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