transit
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈtrænzɪt/
:
tránsito
- The package was lost while in transit between the warehouse and my home.
- transit time
- still in transit
- transit route
So we was in the transit part now for three days on and off.
- So we was in the transit part now for three days on and off.
- I was in transit to Bali in January.
- This has broken a teeny tiny little bit in transit, but it's all good.
- Always it was a transit, Germany, Frankfurt or Italy, and then from Italy to Albania.
- He gives the letters of transit and Laszlo and Ilsa go off and he's contributing to the to the to the side of the good.
- A lot of cash in transits and then cash in transits.
Examples
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The furniture is currently in transit and should arrive by next week.
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I was in transit to Bali in January.
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At the time of the incident, my client was already in transit to the United States.
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Here I can bear my own life in transit better than anywhere else.
Fiction book (1994) -
All employees in transit to Victory Headquarters.
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You know, my crew actually thought that you lifted some of that money in transit.
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Listen here, I'm captain of a ship in transit.
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Your gear is in transit.
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They are the goods in transit.
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They're in transit to Tokyo.
Synonyms
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2.2
A system that moves people or goods, often by vehicles
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3.8
A journey by ship from one place to another
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1.4
A planned trip by a ship or boat that leaves at a set time
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1.4
A journey across the ocean by ship or boat
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 Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Transit comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and ire 'to go', the same root as transfer. A ship's transit is its 'going across' the sea, so the word means a journey from one place to another.