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Definition of transit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transit

verb
 
/ˈtrænzɪt/
 
/ˈtrænzɪt/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they transit
 
/ˈtrænzɪt/
 
/ˈtrænzɪt/
he / she / it transits
 
/ˈtrænzɪts/
 
/ˈtrænzɪts/
past simple transited
 
/ˈtrænzɪtɪd/
 
/ˈtrænzɪtɪd/
past participle transited
 
/ˈtrænzɪtɪd/
 
/ˈtrænzɪtɪd/
-ing form transiting
 
/ˈtrænzɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈtrænzɪtɪŋ/
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  1. transit (something) to pass across or through an area
    • The ship is currently transiting the Gulf of Mexico.
    • 29 000 vessels transit in and out of the harbour every year.
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’.
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