Dictionary

emit en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /iˈmɪt/
• /ɪˈmɪt/
• /ˈɛmɪʈ/ (South-Asia)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittōbor. English emit Borrowed from Latin ēmittō.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To send out or give off.
   • Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was. 1744, Alexander Shiels [i.e., Alexander Shields], “Period VI. Containing the Testimony through the Continued Tract of the Present Deformation, from the Year 1660 to this Day.”, in A Hind Let Loose: Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ; with the True State thereof in All Its Periods: […] , Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, and sold by William Gray bookbinder in the Grassmarket, and several others, &c., →OCLC, pages 167–168:
   • The controls then emit client-side HTML code that is appended to the final page output. 2014, Imar Spaanjaars, Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB:
   • I just emitted a giggle.
2. (intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.
   • Eruption ceased to emit, and aside from the limited success of "I'll Be Your Friend" (--/#40, 1986), Precious Wilson still hopes to hit the big time. 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 350:
   • Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures. 1997, Emmanuel Saint-Victor, Illuminating and Sound Producing String Activated Rotatable Toy, US Patent 6083076 (PDF version):
3. (transitive) To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.
4. (broadly, transitive) To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.

Forms

Antonyms

consume · take in · absorb · swallow

Deriveds

emittable · reemit · photoemit · self-emitting · unemitted

Hypernyms

issue · discharge · create · send out · yield · spawn · dispatch · transmit · release · produce · generate

Hyponyms

let out · irradiate · shine · radiate · secrete · ooze · transpire · have smell

Relateds

emitter · emission · produce sensation

Synonyms

outsend · effuse · give out · send forth · emanate · emanate · output · output · give off · emit · shed · outsend · put forth

Translations (55)

cmn 排放 (to send out or give off) · ka გამოცემა (to send out or give off) · de abgeben (to send out or give off) · de emittieren (to send out or give off) · ar أَصْدَرَ (to send out or give off) · ru выбра́сывать (to send out or give off) · ja 放射する (to send out or give off) · el εκπέμπω (to send out or give off) · de aussenden (to send out or give off) · hu kibocsát (to send out or give off) · tr salmak (to send out or give off) · it emettere (to send out or give off) · cs vydávat (to send out or give off) · nl afgeven (to send out or give off) · cmn 散發 /散发 (to send out or give off) · nl uitzenden (to send out or give off) · ca emetre (to send out or give off) · ka გამოყოფა (to send out or give off) · ota یایمق (to send out or give off) · cs vydat (to send out or give off) · ru выделя́ть (to send out or give off) · af uitstraal (to send out or give off) · ja 放つ (to send out or give off) · fi lähettää (to send out or give off) · pt emitir (to send out or give off) · fi päästää (to send out or give off) · fa گسیل کردن (to send out or give off) · cs vypouštět (to send out or give off) · izh antaa (to send out or give off) · ka გამოსხივება (to send out or give off) · fi säteillä (to send out or give off) · cs vypustit (to send out or give off) · ht emèt (to send out or give off) · vi phát ra (to send out or give off) · es emitir (to send out or give off) · fa گسی کردن (to send out or give off) · ru изверга́ть (to send out or give off) · fr émettre (to send out or give off) · gl emitir (to send out or give off) · cy allyrru (to send out or give off) · ru испуска́ть (to send out or give off) · fa گسیلیدن (to send out or give off) · ga astaigh (to send out or give off) · bg изпускам (to send out or give off) · ar لَفَظَ (to send out or give off) · bg излъчвам (to send out or give off) · ro emite (to send out or give off) · ast emitir (to send out or give off) · an emitir (to send out or give off) · fi emittoida (to send out or give off) · km បញ្ចេញ (to send out or give off) · sq emetoj (to send out or give off) · la ēmittō (to send out or give off) · ar نَفَثَ (to send out or give off) · af uitstuur (to send out or give off)