transit
Definition
- v. make a passage or journey from one place to another
- v. pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
- v. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
- v. cause or enable to pass through
Word forms
- Present participle
- transiting
- Past participle
- transitted
- Past tense
- transited
- Third person singular
- transits
Example sentences
n.
The transit of goods between countries is essential for global trade.
vt.
The company will transit the package to your address by tomorrow.
vi.
The train will transit through several cities before reaching its final destination.