Analysis Complete

transit

/ transit /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
cause or enable to pass through
"The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"
Type of:
bring convey take
Derived:
transportation system transportation
Verb group:
pass through pass across pass over
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
Type of:
roll revolve
Derived:
theodolite
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
"The comet will transit on September 11"
Type of:
pass go through go across
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
make a passage or journey from one place to another
Type of:
pass go through go across
Kinds of:
cut
Derived:
passage transition
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
a journey usually by ship
"the outward passage took 10 days"
Type of:
journey journeying
Kinds of:
lockage
Derived:
pass through pass across pass over
noun Sense 6
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Type of:
surveying instrument surveyor's instrument
Kinds of:
tachymeter tacheometer
noun Sense 7
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Type of:
facility installation
Kinds of:
air transportation system highway system public transit short line telpherage
Has parts:
infrastructure base
Derived:
transport
Semantic Complexity
95%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

bring convey take roll revolve pass go through go across cut journey journeying lockage