- [uncountable] the process of being moved or carried from one place to another
- The cost includes transit.
- in transit goods damaged in transit
- transit times
Extra Examples- goods in transit between factory and store
- Your insurance should cover transit by air, sea or rail.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarytransit + noun- point
- camp
- lounge
- …
- in transit
- transit between
- transit from
- …
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- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the act of going through a place on the way to somewhere else
- the transit lounge at Vienna airport
- a transit visa (= one that allows a person to pass through a country but not to stay there)
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airc1- The port has become a transit point in the drug trade.
- The goods were still in a transit shed on the quay.
- Transit passengers are not allowed to leave the airport.
- If you are catching a connecting flight please wait in the transit lounge.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarytransit + noun- point
- camp
- lounge
- …
- in transit
- transit between
- transit from
- …
- [uncountable] (North American English) the system of buses, trains, etc. that people use to travel from one place to another
- the city’s mass/public transit system
Extra Examples- The New York transit strike is in its second day.
- The city has acquired a light rail transit system.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- public
- rapid
- …
- system
- hub
- station
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’.
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