TRANSMITTING Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

transmitting

verb

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 Identifying which item at Taco Bell is transmitting cyclospora is the challenge. — Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 But Nia showed a talent for transmitting the scene’s legacy and ethos to a bigger, younger audience while pushing the envelope with her own sound, appearing current while earning crucial co-signs from scene elders like Goldie, DJ Die, and Randall. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026 By early 2026, a total of 9,394 Indonesian fishing vessels were actively transmitting through the national Vessel Monitoring System (VMS), representing an increase of 2,880 vessels during the 2021–2025 period. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026 Many major tech companies have pledged to pay their fair share of the costs associated with generating and transmitting more electricity to serve large data centers. — Theodore J. Kury, Fortune, 14 July 2026 The Congolese authorities declared a fresh Ebola outbreak on May 15 after the disease had been transmitting for weeks without official detection, according to the WHO. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 The Congolese authorities declared a fresh Ebola outbreak May 15 after the disease had been transmitting for weeks without official detection, according to the World Health Organization. — Jean-Yves Kamale, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Elom encouraged voters to go directly to their local election boards for help on requesting and transmitting absentee ballots. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026 Credit, too, to the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo RS tires, the rear two of which have the task of transmitting all 1,258 hp to the road or track, albeit with traction control on-side. — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 7 July 2026

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Swells generated by Bertha will continue spreading westward along the northern Gulf Coast during the next few days.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
But since the team first rolled out the tactic in early July, the idea may be spreading.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Durbin delivered the final blow to the Orioles in the eighth inning, hammering Tyler Wells’ 91-mph cutter 364 feet over the Green Monster, and sending the Fenway Faithful into a frenzy.

— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of sending

Verb

Why This Belongs In The Finance Seat The CFO is the most conservative person in the building, so handing them an emerging technology to drive sounds backward.

— David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
That’s a problem, Nadella argues, because enterprises are unsuspectingly handing the labs the ability to one day compete with them.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 July 2026

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Much of the early literature framed the debate as a choice between state and private ownership, giving less attention to the broad range of ownership and governance arrangements that lie between those two extremes.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
This deep price drop completely sweeps away the financial barrier typically attached to high-power smart floor robots, giving busy families, pet owners, and apartment dwellers an easy way to maintain pristine floors.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026

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Rather than transferring the whiskeys into entirely different finishing barrels, toasted pieces of American and French oak are placed into their existing barrels, allowing the whiskey to extract additional flavors from the wood.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
There’s even a tire failure-detection system that helps stabilize the car by transferring torque across the remaining wheels in milliseconds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026

Definition of transferring

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Taylor-Joy brings the necessary confidence to her confidence woman, while still conveying the childlike fear inherent to a character who’s felt trapped her whole life.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Arriving on July 17 through Mass Appeal, the project plays on one of his signature sayings while conveying his mindset at this stage in his personal and professional journey.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of conveying

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After leaving Liverpool in 2024, Klopp was working as Red Bull’s head of global soccer.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
With the final tour game against Sunderland taking place on August 2, Parkinson and his players won’t be back in the UK until the Monday morning (August 3) — leaving under five days to prepare.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 24 July 2026