transit
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
“the transit of goods through a country”
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.”
The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
Verb 4 meanings
To pass over, across or through something.
To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
To use public transit.
“I always transit to work.”
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
Etymology
From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).
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TRANSIT at a glance
TRANSIT has 7 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,080 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with transit
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