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- Dictionarytransit/ˈtranzɪt/
noun
- 1. the carrying of people or things from one place to another: "a painting was damaged in transit"
- 2. the action of passing through or across a place: "Guatemala is to have freedom of transit across Belize"
verb
- 1. pass across or through (an area): "the new large ships will be too big to transit the Panama Canal"
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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.
The meaning of TRANSIT is conveyance of persons or things from one place to another. How to use transit in a sentence.
Transit is the carrying of goods or people by vehicle from one place to another. The two presidents discussed the transit of goods between their countries. [ + of] ...a transit time of about 42 minutes. See in transit. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
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.
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.
1. The act of passing over, across, or through; passage. 2. a. Conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a local public transportation system. b. The system or vehicles used for such conveyance. 3. A transition or change, as to a spiritual existence at death. 4. Astronomy. a.
transit meaning: 1. the movement of goods or people from one place to another: 2. to pass through or across a…. Learn more.
To make a transit through or across. To make a transit across (a celestial body as perceived by an observer), as a planet passing between the sun and Earth. To revolve (the telescope of a transit) so as to reverse its direction. To make a transit, or passage.
UK /ˈtranzɪt/ • UK /ˈtrɑːnzɪt/ noun (mass noun) 1. the carrying of people or things from one place to another a painting was damaged in transit (North American English) the conveyance of passengers on public transport 2. the action of passing through or across a place Guatemala is to have freedom of transit across Belize (Astronomy) the pass...
Transport conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, esp., local public transportation: city transit.Cf. mass transit. a transition or change. [ Astron.] the passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location or through the field of a telescope.
