different between transmit vs gleam

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

• (noun) From Middle English gleme, from Old English glæm, from Proto-Germanic *glaimiz, from Proto-Indo-European *??ley-.
• (verb) Derived from the Middle English noun form before the first millennium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Noun

gleam (plural gleams)

1. A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.

   Synonyms: beam, ray
2. (figuratively) A glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.

   Synonyms: flicker, glimmer, trace

3. Brightness or shininess; splendor.

   Synonyms: dazzle, lambency, shine

Translations

Verb

gleam (third-person singular simple present gleams, present participle gleaming, simple past and past participle gleamed) (intransitive)

1. To shine; to glitter; to glisten.

   Synonyms: glint, sparkle, glow, shine

2. To be briefly but strongly apparent.

   Synonyms: flare, flash, kindle

3. (obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

Translations

See also

• leam

References

• “gleam”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “gleam” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "gleam" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
• "gleam" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• Gamel, megal-