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   transit

   /ˈtranzɪt/

   noun

   • 1. the carrying of people or things from one place to another: "a painting was damaged in transit"
   • ▪ the conveyance of passengers on public transport. North American
   • 2. the action of passing through or across a place: "Guatemala is to have freedom of transit across Belize"
   • ▪ the passage of an inferior planet across the face of the sun, or of a moon or its shadow across the face of a planet: "the transits of Mercury across the sun's disc"
   • ▪ the apparent passage of a celestial body across the meridian of a place.
   • ▪ the passage of a celestial body through a specified sign, house, or area of a chart.

   verb

   • 1. pass across or through (an area): "the new large ships will be too big to transit the Panama Canal"
   • ▪ (of a planet or other celestial body) pass across (the face of another body, or a meridian): "at the end of February Jupiter transits the meridian"
   • ▪ (of a celestial body) pass across (a specified sign, house, or area of a chart).

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishtransit | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   transit definition: 1. the movement of goods or people from one place to another: 2. to pass through or across a…. Learn more.

   • English (US)

     transit meaning: 1. the movement of goods or people from one...

   • Transit: Polish Translation

     transit translate: transport, komunikacja, podróż, przewóz,...

   • Transit: French Translation

     TRANSIT translate: transit [masculine], transit. Learn more...

   • Traditional

     TRANSIT translate: 運輸;輸送, （尤指用來運貨的）一種小型車輛，「全順」貨車. Learn more...

   • Simplified

     TRANSIT translate: 运输;输送, （尤指用来运货的）一种小型车辆，“全顺”货车. Learn more...

   • Znaczenie Transit, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     transit definicja: 1. the movement of goods or people from...

   • Transit: German Translation

     TRANSIT translate: der Transport. Learn more in the...

   • Transit: Indonesian Translation

     TRANSIT translate: pemindahan. Learn more in the Cambridge...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › transitTransit Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of TRANSIT is conveyance of persons or things from one place to another. How to use transit in a sentence.

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarytransit | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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6. www.dictionary.com › browse › transitTRANSIT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Transit definition: the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another. See examples of TRANSIT used in a sentence.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTRANSIT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, esp., local public transportation

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › TransitTransit - definition of transit by The Free Dictionary

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   1. To pass over, across, or through: aircraft transiting the United States and Canada. 2. Astronomy To make a transit across (a celestial body as perceived by an observer), as a planet passing between the sun and Earth. 3. To revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of transit – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   TRANSIT definition: the movement of goods or people from one place to another: . Learn more.