transit
Forms
- Plural
- transits
- present (v1)
- transit
- past (v2)
- transited
- past participle (v3)
- transited
- present participle
- transiting
- 3rd person singular
- transits
Definitions
1.The act of passing over, across, or through something.
- In France you are now […] in the transit from one form of government to another.
- Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit.
2.The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
3.The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
4.Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit
- I always take transit to work.
1.To pass over, across or through something.
2.To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
3.To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
4.To use public transit.
- I always transit to work.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4718
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From French
From Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”)
From trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).