transmit

verb [T] (PASS)

/trænzˈmɪt/

/træns-/ (-tt-)

Definition

C2 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.Passing on illness and causing disease

(Definition of transmit verb (PASS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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