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Transit

/ˈtɹæn.sɪt/

The act of passing over, across, or through something.

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📖 Definitions of "Transit"

noun

1
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
2
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
"the transit of goods through a country"
3
The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
4
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.

verb

1
To pass over, across or through something.
2
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
3
To make a transit.
4
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.

🔄 Synonyms of "Transit"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
transportationnoun	(chiefly US) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
pass oververb	(transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
pass throughverb	To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
theodolitenoun	A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
pass acrossverb	make a passage or journey from one place to another
passagenoun	A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
transportation systemnoun	a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Transit"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
pass throughnoun	(US) A framed, window-like aperture in the interior wall of a house, usually between a kitchen and dining room, through which items (especially food) can be passed. A serving hatch.
pass oververb	(transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
transportationnoun	(chiefly US) The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
theodolitenoun	A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
passagenoun	A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
pass acrossverb	make a passage or journey from one place to another
transportation systemnoun	a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
throughnoun	(obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb, or in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
movenoun	The act of moving; a movement.
passnoun	An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
movementnoun	Physical motion between points in space.
transportnoun	An act of transporting; conveyance.
tripnoun	A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
transfernoun	(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
journeynoun	A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
runoutnoun	(cricket) The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
travelnoun	The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
deliverynoun	The act of conveying something.
clearancenoun	(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
forwardernoun	One who, or that which, forwards something to another destination.