transit

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈtɹæn.zət/ UK /ˈtɹæn.zɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #11607

Meanings

1

noun
The movement of people or goods from one place to another

Several boxes were damaged in transit to the warehouse.
2

noun
A system of public transport such as buses and trains

I always take public transit to work instead of driving.
3

verb
To pass through or across a place

Thousands of ships transit the canal every year.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 noun · the movement of people or... transport

2 noun · a system of public... public transport

Word family

Forms transitedtransitingtransits

Derived forms fabrication-in-transitmilling-in-transit

Related forms transience transiency transient transition transitional transitionary transitionist transitive transitively transitory

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Phrases (1)

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rapid transit
urban public transport using fast underground or elevated trains

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Sic transit gloria mundi

Simplified etymology

Transit comes from Latin transire, “to go across.” Its earliest English sense was “passage from one place to another.”

Etymology

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

*h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European trānseō Latin

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# transit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɹæn.zət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɹæn.zɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 11607

## Meanings
1. The movement of people or goods from one place to another
2. A system of public transport such as buses and trains
3. To pass through or across a place

## Examples
- Several boxes were damaged in transit to the warehouse.
- I always take public transit to work instead of driving.
- Thousands of ships transit the canal every year.

## Derived Forms
- fabrication-in-transit
- milling-in-transit

## Related Forms
- transience
- transiency
- transient
- transition
- transitional
- transitionary
- transitionist
- transitive
- transitively
- transitory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁ey-
- Root: trānseō

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

## AI Etymology
Transit is from French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”). In present-day use, it can mean the movement of people or goods from one place to another, or a system of public transport such as buses and trains. Derived formations include fabrication-in-transit and milling-in-transit.

## Topics
- People & Society

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