different between transmit vs publish

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 publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare (“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”), from publicus (“pertaining to the people, public”); see public.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?b'l?sh, IPA^(key): /?p?bl??/

Verb

publish (third-person singular simple present publishes, present participle publishing, simple past and past participle published)

1. (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
2. (transitive) To announce to the public.

3. (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).

4. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
5. (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

6. (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.

7. (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.

8. (Internet, intransitive) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.
9. (programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).

Synonyms

• (to announce to the public): disclose, make known; See also Thesaurus:announce
• (to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.): post

Derived terms

• publishable
• publisher
• unpublished

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bushlip