transit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The movement of people or goods from one place to another

   Several boxes were damaged in transit to the warehouse.

2. 2
   noun

   A system of public transport such as buses and trains

   I always take public transit to work instead of driving.

3. 3
   verb

   To pass through or across a place

   Thousands of ships transit the canal every year.

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

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