noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK, US:/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
UK, US:/ˈtɹæn.sɪt/
/ˈtɹæn.zət/weak vowel merger
/ˈtɹæn.sət/weak vowel merger
UK, archaic:/ˈtɹɑːn.zɪt/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ænzɪt
CMU ARPABET:T R AE1 N Z IH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the transit of goods through a country
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transport
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Examples
I always take transit to work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: public transport
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: navigation
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
A Ford Transit van, see Transit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
Examples
Beufort road, Birkenhead, about 17.15 June 19 2013, white transit overtakes and swerves left into junction almost taking my front wheel.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A Ford Transit van.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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verb
Meaning 10
To pass over, across or through something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 11
To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 12
To use public transit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: at least Vancouver
Examples
I always transit to work.
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verb
Meaning 13
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 14
To make a transit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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verb
Meaning 15
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
Meaning 16
a journey usually by ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the outward passage took 10 days
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: passage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: journey, journeying
Narrower terms: lockage
17
noun
Meaning 17
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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