transit
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noun
/ˈtrænzɪt/
1 uncountable the process of being moved or carried from one place to another
The cost includes transit.
in transit goods damaged in transit
transit times
Collocations
transit + noun
point
camp
lounge
preposition
in transit
transit between
transit from
2 uncountable, countable, usually singular the act of going through a place on the way to somewhere else
the transit lounge at Vienna airport
a transit visa (= one that allows a person to pass through a country but not to stay there)
TOPICS Transport by air C1
3 uncountable (North American English) the system of buses, trains, etc. that people use to travel from one place to another
the city’s mass/public transit system
TOPICS Transport by bus and train C1
Collocations
adjective
mass
public
rapid
transit + noun
system
hub
station
e.g.
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verb (transits, transited, transited, transiting)
/ˈtrænzɪt/
transitive, intransitive ​transit (something) to pass across or through an area
The ship is currently transiting the Gulf of Mexico.
29 000 vessels transit in and out of the harbour every year.
Word Origin
late Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’.