Transit Definition

trănsĭt, -zĭt
transiting, transits
noun
transits
Passage through or across.
Webster's New World
A transition; change.
Webster's New World
The act of carrying or the condition of being carried through or across; conveyance.
Goods in transit.
Webster's New World
The system or vehicles used for such conveyance.
American Heritage
A system of public transportation, esp. in a city.
Webster's New World
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verb
transiting, transits
To make a transit through or across.
Webster's New World
To make a transit across (a celestial body as perceived by an observer), as a planet passing between the sun and Earth.
American Heritage
To revolve (the telescope of a transit) so as to reverse its direction.
Webster's New World
To make a transit, or passage.
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Other Word Forms of Transit

Noun

Singular:
transit
Plural:
transits

Origin of Transit

  • Middle English transite from Latin trānsitus from past participle of trānsīre to go across transient

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).

    From Wiktionary

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