transit
US /ˈtrænzɪt/UK /ˈtrænzɪt/
Definition
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Estimated transit time for standard overland shipping is three to five business days.
Word Family
Synonyms
- transportationa facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- passagethe act of passing from one state or place to the next
Collocations
- Easy public transit systemdescribing public transit system (people in general considered as a whole)
- Medium lost goods in transitto lost goods in transit, meaning to fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
- Hard rapid transit network expansion plandescribing rapid transit network expansion plan (a part of a river where the current is very fast)
- Very Hard planetary transit across the solar discdescribing planetary transit across the solar disc (of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.