different between transmit vs interpret

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

From Middle English interpreten, from Old French enterpreter, (French interpréter), from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret”), past participle interpretatus, from interpres (“an agent, broker, explainer, interpreter, negotiator”), from inter (“between”) + -pres, probably the root of pretium (“price”); -pres is probably connected with Ancient Greek ??????? (phrázein, “to point out, show, explain, declare, speak”), from which ????? (phrad?, “understanding”), ?????? (phrásis, “speech”); see phrase.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t??.p??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?.p??t/

Verb

interpret (third-person singular simple present interprets, present participle interpreting, simple past and past participle interpreted)

1. To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
   • The Holy Bible, Matthew i. 23.

     Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

   • The Holy Bible, Genesis xli. 8.

     And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation

3. (intransitive) To act as an interpreter.

4. (computing, transitive) To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.

Synonyms

• translate, explain, solve, render, expound, elucidate, decipher, unfold, unravel

Related terms

• interpretted
• interpretable
• interpretation
• interpretative
• interpret away
• interpreter
• interpretive
• misinterpret
• reinterpret

Translations

References

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

Czech

Noun

interpret m

1. (programming) interpreter

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Latin interpres.

Noun

interpret m (feminine equivalent interpretka)

1. performer

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French interprèt, from Latin interpres.

Noun

interpret m (plural interpre?i)

1. interpreter

Declension