transit
To pass over, across or through somethingTo pass over, across or through something.
» I'm in transit.
Meaning
6 sensesTo pass over, across or through something.
cause or enable to pass through
To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
make a passage or journey from one place to another
To use public transit.
I always transit to work.
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
(intransitive)To make a transit.
(Internet)To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
Examples
29 sentencesI'm in transit.
I listen to the radio while in transit.
У дорозі я слухаю радіо. — shanghainese
ruВ дороге я слушаю радио. — shanghainese
I am here in transit.
Я тут транзитом. — miketheknight
My baggage was lost in transit.
deMein Gepäck ging beim Transport verloren. — Merle
She died in a transit accident.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“oveFrom French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).
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Forms
transits, transiting, transited, transitedSynonyms
4 synonyms- make a passage or journey from one place to another:pass throughmove throughpass acrosspass over
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle