transit

Definitions


[ˈtrɑːnzɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the carrying of people or things from one place to another
(e.g: a painting was damaged in transit)

- the action of passing through or across a place
(e.g: Guatemala is to have freedom of transit across Belize)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’


[ˈtrɑːnzɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pass across or through (an area)
(e.g: the new large ships will be too big to transit the Panama Canal)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’




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