transit
177
3.6
- noun
- /ˈtrænzɪt/
- US
:
transporte público
- Cold winters, but they got a great public transit system.
- public transit
- mass transit
- a transit system
Have you seen the SF transit center in SF?
- Have you seen the SF transit center in SF?
- One thing to note is we noticed that there was accessible transit.
- Yeah, one particular day team from Salford who were doing robberies on cash and transit vans.
- What irks me on the theme of of transit, it's two things, actually.
Examples
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Parks we were offering mass transit and all at no cost to taxpayers.
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However, there is a rising need for mass transit within cities and interstate rail passenger service.
Academic text (2012) -
So what do you do about, you know, mass transit and making it faster?
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Rather, it's a means of transit we lack.
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I got a guy in the Transit Authority.
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As many people telecommute now as ride transit or walk or bike or carpool.
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Give me money to put people on MARTA, the city's rapid transit system, and get them jobs.
Academic text (2011) -
The bill provides $175 billion for highways and $42 million for mass transit programs through fiscal year 2003.
Academic text (1999) -
The city improved its public transit options to help residents commute more easily.
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Investing in transit systems can reduce traffic congestion and promote sustainability.
Synonyms
576
2.2
A system that moves people or goods, often by vehicles
557
1.6
Moving people or goods from one place to another
39
1.4
Services like buses or trains that anyone can use in a city, usually for a small fee
23
3.2
A network of vehicles and routes that moves people or goods
16
1.9
A system of buses and trains that people use to travel
2
2.7
An organized service of buses or trains that people use to travel
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A number that shows a United States bank's location and tells which bank it is
A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly
- Specialized
A tool that measures how much a compass points away from true north
- Archaic
A telescope set east–west to record the exact time a star crosses the north–south line in the sky
- NSFW
An area of sea or land used as a route by smugglers to move drugs between places
How Extensive
3
3.2
- US
16
1.9
- US
177
3.6
10
1.0
29
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Transit comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and ire 'to go', the same root as transport. So public transit is the system that helps people 'go across' a city and move from place to place.