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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.
(of a planet or other object in space) to pass across another heavenly body (= a planet, star, moon, etc.) or a meridian (= an imaginary line or circle passing through the poles): The course offers skilled amateur astronomers the opportunity to help in the search for planets transiting stars.
Transit is the carrying of goods or people by vehicle from one place to another. During their talks, the two presidents discussed the transit of goods between the two countries. American English : transit / ˈtrænzɪt /
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. a (1) : conveyance of persons or things from one place to another. (2) : usually local transportation especially of people by public conveyance. also : vehicles or a system engaged in such transportation. b. : an act, process, or instance of passing through or over. c. : change, transition. 2. a.
noun [ U ] formal uk / ˈtrænzɪt / us. Add to word list. the movement of goods or people from one place to another: Some things got damaged in transit (= while they were being moved). (Definition of transit from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of transit. in Chinese (Traditional)
Definition of transit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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.
