transit

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of passing over, across, or through something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
3. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit
4. (countable, uncountable) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
5. (countable, uncountable) The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's birth chart.
6. (countable, uncountable) A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
7. (countable, uncountable) An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
8. (Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) A Ford Transit van, see Transit.

Verb

1. To pass over, across or through something.
2. To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
3. To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
4. (intransitive) To make a transit.
5. (Internet) 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

passage

transportation

transport

theodolite

traffic

conveyance

transition

move through

pass across

pass through

pass

drive

pass over

carry

shipping

ferry

⛴️

transportation system

journey

tacheometer

rotate

crossing

run

tachymeter

haul

go past

convey

bump

guide

flip over

haulage

flip

connecting

piggyback

exceed

conduct

bring about

beggar

drive around

passing

compile

overstep

dribble

overrun

meridian passage

passing through

deliver

chauffeur

peregrination

bridge

master

Translations

transit

trânsito

transito

tránsito

transiter

Transit

Durchgang

transit

διάβαση

διαμετακόμιση

tragitto

Durchreise

Tachymeter

passaggio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/

Etymology

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