Transit Meaning
/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of passing over, across, or through something.
nounThe conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
Sentence Examples
The electrical appliance must have been damaged in transit.
My baggage was lost in transit.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city improved public ____ to help people move around easily.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city has a very modern public ____ system that includes buses, trains, and several underground lines this year today.
Word Origin & History
From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In France you are now […] in the transit from one form of government to another."
— 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
"In the hollow by the park wall it appeared again, distinctly; and here it was plain the transit of the wall had been made, for the traces of the mud were evident enough upon its surface, and the mortar at top was displaced, and a little tuft of grass in the mud, left by the clodded shoesole."
— 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
"Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit."
— 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 117:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The city improved public ____ to help people move around easily.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The city has a very modern public ____ system that includes buses, trains, and several underground lines this year today.