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- pronunciation:
- traen
siht
[or]
traen
ziht
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
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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 |
adjective + (n.)transit
alternative, downtown, efficient, extensive, golden, high-speed, improved, mass, metropolitan, municipal, planetary, predicted, public, rapid, regional, secure, solar, urban
verb + (n.)transit
board, boost, bus, detect, finance, fund, improve, observe, ride, subsidize
(n.)transit
+ verb
ease, house, ship
noun + (n.)transit
airport,
area,
bicycle,
bike,
bridge,
canal,
dollar,
eclipse,
endorsement,
expansion,
expense,
freeway,
funding,
gate,
highway,
meridian,
metro,
mile,
myth,
occultation,
probability,
rail,
railroad,
satellite,
suburb,
surveyor,
terminal,
toll,
transportation
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
transits, transiting, transited |
| definition 1: |
to pass over, across, or through.
The goods transited 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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adverb + (v.)transit
sic
(v.)transit
+ noun
disk, face, planet, ship, star, system, vessel
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The word transit
contains the following part:
tra-, trans-
Latin
prefix
that means across, over, to the other side
  Example words:
intransigent, intransitive, neurotransmitter, traduce, trajectory, transact, transatlantic, transceiver, transcend, transcendent, transcribe, transcript, transect, transept, transfer, transfigure, transfix, transform, transfuse, transgress, transient, transit, transition, transitive, translate, transliterate, translucent, transmissible, transmit, transmute, transonic, transparent, transpire, transplant, transport, transpose, transsexual, transuranic, transverse, transvestite, traverse
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