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e·mit

(ĭ-mĭt′)

tr.v. e·mit·ted, e·mit·ting, e·mits

1. To give or send out (matter or energy): isotopes that emit radioactive particles; a stove emitting heat.

a. To give out as sound; utter: "She emitted her small strange laugh" (Edith Wharton).

b. To voice; express: emit an idea.

3. To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.

[Latin ēmittere, to send out : ē-, ex-, ex- + mittere, to send.]

e·mit′ter n.

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emit

(ɪˈmɪt)

vb (tr) , emits, emitting or emitted

1. to give or send forth; discharge: the pipe emitted a stream of water.

2. to give voice to; utter: she emitted a shrill scream.

3. (General Physics) physics to give off (radiation or particles)

4. (Economics) to put (currency) into circulation

[C17: from Latin ēmittere to send out, from mittere to send]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

e•mit

(ɪˈmɪt)

v.t. e•mit•ted, e•mit•ting.

1. to send forth (liquid, light, particles, etc.); discharge.

2. to utter (a sound): to emit a cry.

3. to voice (opinions, etc.).

4. to issue formally, as paper money.

[1620–30; < Latin ēmittere to send out]

e•mit′ter, n.

emit

, emission, emissary - Emit, emission, and emissary come from Latin emittere, "send out," and emit once meant "publish a book or notice."

emit

Past participle: emitted
Gerund: emitting

Imperative
emit
emit

Present
I emit
you emit
he/she/it emits
we emit
you emit
they emit

Preterite
I emitted
you emitted
he/she/it emitted
we emitted
you emitted
they emitted

Present Continuous
I am emitting
you are emitting
he/she/it is emitting
we are emitting
you are emitting
they are emitting

Present Perfect
I have emitted
you have emitted
he/she/it has emitted
we have emitted
you have emitted
they have emitted

Past Continuous
I was emitting
you were emitting
he/she/it was emitting
we were emitting
you were emitting
they were emitting

Past Perfect
I had emitted
you had emitted
he/she/it had emitted
we had emitted
you had emitted
they had emitted

Future
I will emit
you will emit
he/she/it will emit
we will emit
you will emit
they will emit

Future Perfect
I will have emitted
you will have emitted
he/she/it will have emitted
we will have emitted
you will have emitted
they will have emitted

Future Continuous
I will be emitting
you will be emitting
he/she/it will be emitting
we will be emitting
you will be emitting
they will be emitting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been emitting
you have been emitting
he/she/it has been emitting
we have been emitting
you have been emitting
they have been emitting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been emitting
you will have been emitting
he/she/it will have been emitting
we will have been emitting
you will have been emitting
they will have been emitting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been emitting
you had been emitting
he/she/it had been emitting
we had been emitting
you had been emitting
they had been emitting

Conditional
I would emit
you would emit
he/she/it would emit
we would emit
you would emit
they would emit

Past Conditional
I would have emitted
you would have emitted
he/she/it would have emitted
we would have emitted
you would have emitted
they would have emitted

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Verb	1.	emit - expel (gases or odors) pass off, breathe belch, burp, eruct, bubble - expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" force out - emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter" give forth, emanate, exhale - give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" radiate - send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"
	2.	emit - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" give out, give off effuse - give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness" shine, reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" spark, sparkle - emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" radiate - send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat" scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" fume, smoke - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" reek - give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun" shoot - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" ray - emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" steam - emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming" take in, absorb - suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
	3.	emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" let loose, let out, utter call - utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" gibber - chatter inarticulately; of monkeys crow - express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy" crow - utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning" trumpet - utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting" coo - cry softly, as of pigeons cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" miaou, miaow - make a cat-like sound tsk, tut, tut-tut - utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval echo, repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" call - utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another" shoot - utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer" gurgle - utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled" cry - utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying" nasale - speak in a nasal voice; "`Come here,' he nasaled" bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse" sigh - utter with a sigh troat - emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time lift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop" pant - utter while panting, as if out of breath volley - utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses" break into - express or utter spontaneously; "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears" heave - utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" chorus - utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused" splutter, sputter - utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage deliver - utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy" hoot - to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance" grunt - issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval" wolf-whistle - whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males snort - indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom" spit, spit out - utter with anger or contempt groan, moan - indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" growl, rumble, grumble - to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" wrawl, yammer, yowl, howl - cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" bark - make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" baa, blat, blate, bleat - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" bellow, roar - make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep - make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" churr, whirr - make a vibrant sound, as of some birds chirr - make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas meow, mew - cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" quack - utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked" hoot - utter the characteristic sound of owls cronk, honk - cry like a goose; "The geese were honking" hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate - make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval sibilate - utter a sibilant bray, hee-haw - braying characteristic of donkeys oink, squeal - utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs cluck, clack, click - make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens low, moo - make a low noise, characteristic of bovines cackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens gobble - make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny - make a characteristic sound, of a horse gargle - utter with gargling or burbling sounds caw - utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens mew - utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

emit

verb

1. give off, release, shed, leak, transmit, discharge, send out, throw out, vent, issue, give out, radiate, eject, pour out, diffuse, emanate, exude, exhale, breathe out, cast out, give vent to, send forth The stove emitted a cloud of evil-smelling smoke.
give off receive, absorb, take in, incorporate, consume, digest, drink in, soak up, devour, assimilate, suck up, ingest

2. utter, produce, voice, give out, let out Polly blinked and emitted a small cry.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

emit

verb

1. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently:

give, give forth, give off, give out, issue, let off, let out, release, send forth, throw off, vent.

2. To send out heat, light, or energy:

cast, irradiate, project, radiate, shed, throw.

Translations

يَبْعَث، يُصْدِر، يُرْسِل

afgiveudstråle

ausstrahlen emittieren

αναδίδω

despedir desprender echar

émettre

senda frá sér

emettere raggiare

skleidimasspinduliavimasspinduliuoti

izdotizstarot

dufte utstråle

çıkarmak yaymak

发出散发

emit

[ɪˈmɪt] VT [+ sparks] → echar; [+ light, signals] → emitir; [+ smoke, heat, smell] → despedir; [+ cry] → dar; [+ sound] → producir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

emit

[ɪˈmɪt] vt

(= discharge, give out) [+ radiation, gas, radio waves] → émettre; [+ light, sound] → émettre; [+ smell] → dégager

(= utter) [+ cry, whistle] → émettre

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

emit

light → ausstrahlen, abstrahlen; radiation → aussenden, emittieren (spec); sound → abgeben; gas, smell → verströmen, ausströmen; vapour, smoke (continuously) → abgeben; lava, cry → ausstoßen; liquid (gradually) → absondern, abscheiden; sparks → versprühen

banknotes → ausgeben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

emit

[ɪˈmɪt] vt (radiation) → emettere; (fumes) → esalare

emit

(iˈmit) verb – past tense, past participle eˈmitted –

to give out (light, heat, a sound, a smell etc).

eˈmission (-ʃən) noun

emit

vt. emitir, descargar; manifestar una opinión.

References in classic literature ?

Of these the first is that they could never use words or other signs arranged in such a manner as is competent to us in order to declare our thoughts to others: for we may easily conceive a machine to be so constructed that it emits vocables, and even that it emits some correspondent to the action upon it of external objects which cause a change in its organs; for example, if touched in a particular place it may demand what we wish to say to it; if in another it may cry out that it is hurt, and such like; but not that it should arrange them variously so as appositely to reply to what is said in its presence, as men of the lowest grade of intellect can do.

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"No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver a legal tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; or grant any title of nobility."

No one of these mischiefs is less incident to a power in the States to emit paper money, than to coin gold or silver.

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With so big and so derisive an audience as that, a suffer wouldn't emit a sound though you pulled his head off.

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They are not, for instance, to emit paper money; but the interdiction results from the Constitution, and will have no connection with any law of the United States.

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On the contrary, phones offered by Samsung, a company struggling to reclaim the peak position in the country, emit the least amount of radiation.

Xiaomi, OnePlus phones emit maximum radiation, Samsung phones emit the least: Report

At this point, VTT's plastic OLED film will only emit light for around a year, since light-emitting polymer materials are susceptible to oxygen and moisture.

OLED elements can now be applied to film

"The plastic film is optimally suited to advertising campaigns, in which large, light-emitting surfaces can be used to draw significantly more attention than can be gained through mere printed graphics ore-ink-type black-and-white displays that do not emit light," explained Head of Research Area, Raimo Korhonen, from VTT.

Illuminating possibilities: Innovative large-surface, light-emitting plastic film developed

For example, the caregiver emits the mand "Give me the ball," and the child echoes "ball." 1.2.

Analysis of the acquisition of verbal operants in a child from 17 months to 2 years of age

Surprisingly, most people are unaware that paint emits harmful fumes even after it's dried.

Q & A: non-toxic paint

"I wonder if they realize that in natural forests, trees topple and rot; and rotting vegetation emits tons of methane gas, while our trees are cut for lumber and paper?"

Loopy liberal lawsuits: a look at some possible upcoming litigation sparked by the fact that the government is being pressured to list polar bears as an endangered species because of global warming

However, the stars emit radio waves only during a few of those rotations.

Radio daze: staccato pulses suggest a new stellar class

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