transit

  • 21transit — noun 1 process of transporting sth TRANSIT + NOUN ▪ point ▪ The port has become a transit point in the drug trade. ▪ camp ▪ a transit camp for refugees ▪ lounge …

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  • 22Transit — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Transit », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le transit intestinal représente le processus… …

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  • 23transit — n. & v. n. 1 the act or process of going, conveying, or being conveyed, esp. over a distance (transit by rail; made a transit of the lake). 2 a passage or route (the overland transit). 3 a the apparent passage of a celestial body across the… …

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  • 24transit — 01. Gander, Newfoundland is an important [transit] point for international flights. 02. If more people used public [transit], it would help to reduce air pollution in our cities. 03. The ferry takes about 2 hours to make the [transit] between the …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 25transit — [[t]træ̱nzɪt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Transit is the carrying of goods or people by vehicle from one place to another. They halted transit of EC livestock. ...a transit time of about 42 minutes. ● PHRASE: v link PHR, PHR after v If people or things are… …

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  • 26transit — /tran sit, zit/, n., v., transited, transiting. n. 1. the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another. 2. conveyance or transportation from one place to another, as of persons or goods, esp., local public… …

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  • 27transit — tran|sit [ trænsıt ] noun uncount ** 1. ) the activity or process of moving something or someone from one place to another: in transit: Our suitcases were damaged in transit. 2. ) AMERICAN a system of buses, trains, etc. that people use to travel …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28transit — n. 1) (esp. AE) mass, rapid transit 2) in transit (damaged in transit) * * * [ trænsɪt] rapid transit (esp. AE) mass in transit (damaged in transit) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 29transit — tran|sit [ˈtrænsıt, zıt] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: transitus, from transire; TRANSIENT1] 1.) the process of moving goods or people from one place to another ▪ baggage that is lost or damaged in transit (=while it is being moved) ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30Transit — Tran|sit 〈a. [′ ] m. 1〉 = Durchfuhr ● im Transit [<lat. transitus, Part. Perf. von transire „hinübergehen“] * * * 1Tran|sit [auch: … zɪt , tranzɪt ], der; s, e [ital. transito < lat. transitus = Übergang, Durchgang, zu: transire =… …

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