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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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   Learn the noun and verb meanings of transit, as well as its synonyms, examples, and word history. Transit can refer to a mode of transportation, a celestial passage, or a surveying instrument.

4. 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.

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

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   Learn the meaning of transit as a noun and a verb in English, with examples of different contexts and domains. Find out how to pronounce transit and see translations in other languages.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › transitTransit - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Transit means “journey,” and saying you’re "in transit " means you’re on your way somewhere. Before we had cell phones, one of the upsides of being in transit was that no one could get in touch with you. Transit may be familiar to you from the phrase mass transit.