Synonyms for emit
Definitions
- v. 1
To send out or give off.
- v. 2
To come out, to be sent out or given off.
- v. 3
To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.
- v. 4
To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.
Forms
- Past participle
- emitted
e.g. emitted → sent, poured, issued, vented…
Choose the right word
To emit is to send forth from within, with no reference to a destination; as, the sun emits light and heat.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- output The output of this factory has increased by 20%.
- breathe However, they can help him breathe with a machine.
- expel The elders decided to expel him from the village.
By length
- 4 letters
- send1, shed1, pour1, vent1
- 5 letters
- issue2, utter2, expel2, eject2
- 6 letters
- output2, exhale2, effuse
- 7 letters
- breathe1, emanate3, outsend
- 9 letters
- discharge2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).