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transited

tran·sit
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tran-sit, -zit]
    • /ˈtræn sɪt, -zɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tran-sit, -zit]
    • /ˈtræn sɪt, -zɪt/

Definitions of transited word

  • noun transited the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another. 1
  • noun transited conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, especially, local public transportation: city transit. Compare mass transit. 1
  • noun transited a transition or change. 1
  • noun transited 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 transited Astrology. the passage of a planet in aspect to another planet or a specific point in a horoscope. 1
  • noun transited 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 transited

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

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Transited

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

transited 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".

transited usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for transited

noun transited

  • airlifted — Simple past tense and past participle of airlift.
  • journeyed — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
  • weekended — Simple past tense and past participle of weekend.

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