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émettre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  • emit verb To send out or release something, such as light, sound, heat, or a substance.
  • hypothesize verb To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • transmit verb To send or pass something from one person, place, or thing to another.
  • utter adjective Complete and total; absolute.

Senses

émettre is used for these senses in English:

  • dispense To issue, distribute, or give out.
  • emit (intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.
  • give off (transitive) To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.
  • hypothesize (ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
  • issue (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
  • issue (transitive) To deliver by authority.
  • utter Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.

dispense — full definition

  1. verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  2. verb To do without something, or get rid of the need for it (used with 'with').

emit — full definition

  1. verb To send out or release something, such as light, sound, heat, or a substance.
  2. verb In computing, to produce or output specific code or instructions when a program runs or compiles.

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