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.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Transit

Singular:

transit

Plural:

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”).

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