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How to pronounce “transit”

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Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of transit with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Solving our Transportation CrisisThis is some of the most early forms of transit, actually,
Definition summary: The act of passing over, across, or through something.

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How to pronounce transit

Solving our Transportation Crisis

This is some of the most early forms of transit, actually,

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Meaning

[Noun]
The act of passing over, across, or through something.
The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
(Canada, US) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit
(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
(astrology) The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's birth chart.
A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
(navigation) An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
(UK, Ireland) A Ford Transit van, see Transit.
[Verb]
To pass over, across or through something.
To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
(astronomy, intransitive) To make a transit.
(Internet) To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.

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How to pronounce “transit”

Pronunciation guide for transit

How to pronounce transit

Example Sentences

This is some of the most early forms of transit, actually,

or taking public transit?

is with this method called the transit technique.

as are your transit systems.

to the body in back is called a transit

into a more transit-oriented environment.

ALAN SEALES: "In Transit" is a funny and poignant new Broadway

of rapid transit.

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