transit
/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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
Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's birth chart.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In France you are now […] in the transit from one form of government to another."
- "In the hollow by the park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole."
- "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."
- "the transit of goods through a country"
- "I always take transit to work."
- "Beufort road, Birkenhead, about 17.15 June 19 2013, white transit overtakes and swerves left into junction almost taking my front wheel."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁ey-, trānseō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
- British English: /ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- British usage
- Intransitive verb