Meaning

The act of passing over, across, or through something..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of passing over, across, or through something.
2. The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
3. (Canada, US) 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
4. (astronomy) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
5. (astrology) 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.
6. A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
7. (navigation) An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
8. (UK, Ireland) A Ford Transit van, see Transit.

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.

Word Forms

• transits
• transiting
• transited

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When Should You Use Transit?

Use transit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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