different between transmit vs disseminate

English

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin tr?nsmitt? (“transmit”, verb, literally “over-send”). See also oversend.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?nsm?t', tr?nzm?t' IPA^(key): /t?æns?m?t/, /t?ænz?m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Hyphenation: trans?mit

Verb

transmit (third-person singular simple present transmits, present participle transmitting, simple past and past participle transmitted)

1. (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
2. (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
3. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
4. (transitive) To communicate news or information.
5. (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium.
6. (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).

Synonyms

• oversend

Derived terms

• TX (abbreviation)

Related terms

• transmission
• transmittable
• transmittal
• transmittance
• transmittant
• transmitter
• mission

Translations

Anagrams

• tantrism

French

Verb

transmit

1. third-person singular past historic of transmettre

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tran?smit]

Verb

transmit

1. first-person singular present indicative of transmite
2. third-person plural present indicative of transmite
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of transmite

English

Etymology

An adaptation of Latin diss?min?t-, the perfect passive participial stem of diss?min? (“I broadcast”, “I disseminate”), from dis- (“in all directions”) + s?min? (“I plant”, “I sow”), from s?men (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?m??ne?t/

Verb

disseminate (third-person singular simple present disseminates, present participle disseminating, simple past and past participle disseminated)

1. (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
2. (intransitive) To become widespread.

   The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.

Synonyms

• spread
• circulate
• propagate

Coordinate terms

• promulgate

Related terms

• dissemination

Translations

Further reading

• disseminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disseminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• mediastines

Italian

Verb

disseminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disseminare
2. second-person plural imperative of disseminare
3. feminine plural of disseminato

Latin

Verb

diss?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of diss?min?