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emit

/iˈmɪt/

An illustration for emit

verb

formal to release or send out (a gas, etc)

  • “The alien emitted electricity, causing the van to move.”Tatoeba
  • “We can only perceive a part of the broad light spectrum the sun emits.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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