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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Verb

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

After handing Powell her order, Thomas said, laughing, that moments like that had become common since opening the storefront.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation in a post on X, handing a major victory to the youth movement that spearheaded nationwide demonstrations, sit-ins and hunger strikes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026

Definition of handing

Verb

The loss dropped the A’s to 45-63 and 10 games out of both the American League West lead and the final AL Wild Card spot, while giving the red-hot Red Sox (56-51) no worse than a split of the four-game series ahead of Thursday’s finale.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Head coach Andy Reid and Mahomes could be seen giving Royals instruction after the play.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of giving

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Hugo Cuypers also had 13 goals before transferring from the Chicago Fire to Club de Fútbol Monterrey.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
The recovery team transported Standish’s body to TCSAR headquarters in Jackson before transferring him to the Teton County Coroner’s Office.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of transferring

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But then Lily somehow intuits the core evolutionary idea behind a man competing at naked limbo with a group of monkeys, even though neither Kaylin as explainer nor Zac as performer got what Lisa’s drawing was conveying.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Then there are loaves that look like the picture of health, conveying a sense of healthfulness with their dark coloration and crusts covered with inviting tidbits.

— Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026

Definition of conveying

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On the Eastern Plains near Manzanola, Alice Craig McDonald, 91, lives near the homestead her grandparents claimed after leaving Oklahoma by wagon in 1916 -- descendants of people born into slavery who came west looking for land of their own.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 31 July 2026
More than 3,200 children have been killed or injured since February 24, 2022, and more than 1,700 schools and education facilities have been damaged or destroyed, leaving one in three children without full-time in-person education.

— Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of leaving

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Citing the temporary TikTok shutdown of January 2026 as an example, Jolicoeur frequently recommends that business owners have their own direct ways of communicating with their customers.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Pagnoni was actually communicating with an undercover detective from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office High Tech Crimes Unit.

— CBS News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 30 July 2026