tran·sit
ˈtran(t)-sət 
ˈtran-zət
ˈtran-zət
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
: passage of a celestial body over the meridian of a place or through the field of a telescope
b
: passage of a smaller body (such as Venus) across the disk of a larger (such as the sun)
3
: a theodolite with the telescope mounted so that it can be transited
transited; transiting; transits
: to make a transit
1
a
: to pass over or through
b
: to cause to pass over or through
2
: to pass across (a meridian, a celestial body, or the field of view of a telescope)
3
: to turn (a telescope) over about the horizontal transverse axis in surveying
Synonyms
Examples of transit in a Sentence
Noun
the problems of urban transit
Verb
once you transit that stretch of dense woods, the hiking should be much easier
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
While the bus system’s preferred option is a new area-wide transit tax, spending restraint would be a better solution.
—Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Roughly 4,000 vessels transited under the Key Bridge annually, the 2002 study noted, and the Key Bridge did have four dolphins, meant to protect the span’s piers.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
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Noun
At a deeper level, this transit taught you to separate your sense of self-worth from your bank account.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
While the bus system’s preferred option is a new area-wide transit tax, spending restraint would be a better solution.
—Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
While transiting the highly sensitive waters of Cancer, Mars will face off with Pluto in the unyielding and relentlessly ambitious sign of Capricorn on Nov. 3.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Related Articles Key Bridge jigsaw puzzle connects memories piece by piece
Roughly 4,000 vessels transited under the Key Bridge annually, the 2002 study noted, and the Key Bridge did have four dolphins, meant to protect the span’s piers.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transit. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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transit
1 of 2 noun
tran·sit
ˈtran(t)s-ət
ˈtranz-
ˈtranz-
1
: an act, process, or example of passing through or over : passage
2
: the transporting of persons or things from one place to another
goods lost in transit
3
: local transportation of people in public vehicles
also
: the vehicles or system used in such transportation
4
: a surveyor's instrument for measuring angles
transit
2 of 2 verb
: to pass or cause to pass over, through, or across
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