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trans·it
 transit
- pronunciation:
- traen
siht
[or]
traen
ziht
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of passing over, across, or through; passage.
The train's extraordinarily rapid transit from one city to the other was impressive.Some of our luggage was lost in transit.- similar words:
- passage
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| definition 2: |
a system for transporting people or goods from one place to another, esp. a public passenger bus or train system in an urban area.
The city needs to invest more money in mass transit. |
| definition 3: |
the passage of a celestial body across the face of another or across the meridian or the telescopic field of an observer.
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| definition 4: |
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles.
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| related words: |
line, transport, travel |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
transited, transiting, transits |
| definition 1: |
to pass over, across, or through.
The goods transitted the sea. |
| definition 2: |
to cross (a meridian or the face of another celestial body).
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to pass over, across, or through something.
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