Meaning & use
transit
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The act of traveling or being carried across or through a place, or the systems used for such travel.
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The city invested heavily in public transit to reduce traffic congestion.
The goods were damaged in transit and arrived at the warehouse broken.
A note on using this word
In astronomy, "transit" also refers to a smaller celestial body passing directly in front of a larger one, as seen from Earth.
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2. noun
The passage of a smaller astronomical body across the disk of a larger one, as seen from a particular viewpoint.
Astronomers tracked the transit of Venus across the sun's face.
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