TRANSIT

TRAN ·SIT 2 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 7 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
  2. a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
  3. a journey usually by ship

💬 Examples

  • "the outward passage took 10 days"

🔗 Similar words

theodolitetransportation_systemtransportationpassage
verb
  1. make a passage or journey from one place to another
  2. pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
  3. revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
  4. cause or enable to pass through

💬 Examples

  • "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs"
  • "Some travelers pass through the desert"
  • "The comet will transit on September 11"
  • "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"

🔗 Similar words

pass_throughmove_throughpass_acrosspass_over
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