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- [tran-sit, -zit]
- /ˈtræn sɪt, -zɪt/
- /ˈtræn.zɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tran-sit, -zit]
- /ˈtræn sɪt, -zɪt/
Definitions of transit word
- noun transit the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another. 1
- noun transit conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, especially, local public transportation: city transit. Compare mass transit. 1
- noun transit a transition or change. 1
- noun transit Astronomy. the passage of a heavenly body across the meridian of a given location or through the field of a telescope. the passage of Mercury or Venus across the disk of the sun, or of a satellite or its shadow across the face of its primary. meridian circle. 1
- noun transit Astrology. the passage of a planet in aspect to another planet or a specific point in a horoscope. 1
- noun transit Surveying. Also called transit instrument. an instrument, as a theodolite, having a telescope that can be transited, used for measuring horizontal and sometimes vertical angles. a repeating transit theodolite. 1
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Origin of transit
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English (noun and v.) < Latin trānsitus a going across, passage, equivalent to trānsi-, variant stem of trānsīre to cross (trāns- trans- + -īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Transit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
transit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
transit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for transit
noun transit
- carriage — A carriage is an old-fashioned vehicle, usually for a small number of passengers, which is pulled by horses.
- cartage — the process or cost of carting
- conveyor — a person or thing that conveys
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- freightage — the transportation of goods.
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