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To send out or give off.transitive
- I just emitted a giggle.
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To come out, to be sent out or given off.intransitive
- 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.
- Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures.
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To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.transitive
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To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.broadlytransitive
syn. effuse · emit · give off · give out · output · outsend · put forth · send forth · shed
ant. absorb · consume · swallow · take in