transit

The movement of people or goods between places, especially using buses or trains.

• The goods are still in transit.
• We use public transit every day.
• The city improved its transit system.

How to use it: in transit (The package was damaged in transit.)

Similar words: transport, transportation

Common phrases: public transit, in transit, transit system

The act of going across or through a place or thing.

• They were granted safe transit.
• Transit through the canal took several hours.
• The agreement allows free transit across the border.

How to use it: transit through/across something (Transit through the region requires a permit.)

Similar words: passage, crossing

Common phrases: transit through something, safe transit, transit across something

The movement of a moon, planet, or star across a particular line or another object's visible surface.

• The telescope recorded a planetary transit.
• We watched the transit of Mercury across the Sun.
• The star’s transit across the meridian occurred at midnight.

How to use it: transit across something (The telescope recorded a transit across the star.)

Common phrases: transit of venus, planetary transit, transit across something

To travel across or through a place.

• Ships transit the canal daily.
• We transited through Singapore last week.
• Passengers transiting through this airport need no visa.

How to use it: transit through somewhere (We transited through Doha on our way home.); transit something (Large ships transit the canal daily.)

Similar words: pass through, cross, traverse

Common phrases: transit through somewhere, transit the canal, transit across something

To travel by public transport, such as a bus or train.

• I transit to work by bus.
• They transited home after the concert.
• Do you transit to school or drive?

How to use it: transit to somewhere (She transits to work by bus.)

Similar words: take public transport

Common phrases: transit to work, transit by bus, transit to school