mit/miss
mɪt · mɪs
The moment a closed hand opens and lets go
The picture A hand that was gripping something opens and sends it away. Forms, people and signals all leave the hand the same way. mit opens the hand and lets go; ten closes the hand and holds on.
Where the picture shows up in mit/miss
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sent upward
Please submit the form by Friday.
pliːz səbˈmɪt ðə fɔːrm baɪ ˈfraɪdeɪ
Hand the form in by Friday.
The finished form is lifted with both hands and pushed up through the window.
sub (under) + mit (send) — sending something up from below is submitting.
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sent through
They won't permit parking here.
ðeɪ woʊnt pərˈmɪt ˈpɑːrkɪŋ hɪr
Parking isn't allowed here.
A closed barrier lifts and lets exactly one car through.
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sent inside
The doctor admitted him to the hospital.
ðə ˈdɑːktər ədˈmɪtɪd hɪm tuː ðə ˈhɑːspɪtəl
The doctor took him into the hospital.
The hospital door opens and the patient is sent on inside to the ward.
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sent away in all directions
The teacher dismissed the class early.
ðə ˈtiːtʃər dɪsˈmɪst ðə klæs ˈɜːrli
The teacher let the class out early.
A group that was sitting as one block breaks up and goes off in every direction.
dis (apart) + miss (send) — a gathered group is sent scattering.
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sent across
The data is transmitted every hour.
ðə ˈdeɪtə ɪz trænzˈmɪtɪd ˈevri ˈaʊər
The data goes out every hour.
A bundle of data goes out along the line to the other side, every hour.
All of it in one picture
mit/miss is the second the closed hand opens. Send it up from below and you submit; open the gate and let it through and you permit; send it inside and you are admitted. Send a gathered group off in all directions and you dismiss them; send it across the wire and you transmit. Nothing happens while you hold on — the meaning starts when you let go.