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transit - make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
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go across,
go through,
pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
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cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" |
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move through,
pass across,
pass over,
pass through,
transit fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus"
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bring,
convey,
take bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
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transit - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction |
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revolve,
roll turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
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transit - 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" |
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go across,
go through,
pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
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