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# emit

«emit» in Mova's school dictionary: **to send out light, heat, sound, gas or a smell** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (emit, emits, emitted, emitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To emit is to send out light, heat, sound, gas or a smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#m1)

2) To emit a sound means to make it, like a cry or beep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons the Sun emits light and heat; cars emit carbon dioxide; a light bulb emits light. In geography and climate lessons countries try to emit less greenhouse gas. Everyday speech says «give off» or «send out». Phrases: emit light, emit gases.

### examples

- The Sun emits light and heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x1)
- Cars emit gases that pollute the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x2)
- The smoke alarm emitted a loud beep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x3)
- Fireflies emit light at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x4)
- The rotten egg emitted a horrible smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x5)
- The puppy emitted a little whine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x6)
- The first was a herring's head, which could emit light in the darkness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/#x7)

### note

Regular verb, but double t: emitted, emitting. Noun: emission(s). Do not confuse with «omit» (leave out). The opposite idea is absorb (take in).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.