TRANSMITTING Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

transmitting

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present participle of transmit

as in spreading

to cause (something) to pass from one to another sneezing and coughing can transmit disease

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as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another I'll transmit this information over the airwaves

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as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another transmitted the deed of his house to his lawyer

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Recent Examples of transmitting According to Zuckerman’s study, the number of civilizations in the Milky Way that are both technologically advanced and actively transmitting may be fewer than 100,000—and possibly closer to 10,000. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026 While the ban on transmitting trail cams on public land was also divisive among Idaho hunters, there’s a reason it was included. —

Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 29 Apr. 2026 Scientists discovered that when a python swallows a collared opossum whole, the GPS device keeps transmitting from inside the snake. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026 When a python eats a collared opossum, the tracking device keeps transmitting — from inside the snake. —

Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026 The fourteenth element is also very poor at transmitting light. —

Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 Race went on to explain that the major fear of the vampire bat transmitting the disease is that prions may shift at a molecular level in the species' digestive tract, making the effects in animals unpredictable. —

Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026 The other soldier is accused of having contact with a foreign agent, transmitting information to the enemy and other offenses, according to the indictment. —

Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 If the location of that first infection is in the US, however, the research could lend significant weight to the idea that measles has been continually transmitting in the country for longer than a year, the threshold fordetermining elimination. —

Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

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But a few weeks into his vacation across the Atlantic Ocean, the Oregon doctor jumped into action caring for passengers after a deadly hantavirus outbreak began spreading through the ship, sickening the vessel’s doctor.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
In spreading the wealth to a wider swath of hardware companies, investors are clearly betting that the bull market in AI has long legs and that data centers are going to need a wider array of advanced components for years to come.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 8 May 2026