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{
"term": "transit",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the process of being moved or carried from one place to another",
"sensetop": "in transit",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cost includes transit."
},
{
"text": "goods damaged in transit",
"contextForm": "in transit"
},
{
"text": "transit times"
},
{
"text": "goods in transit between factory and store"
},
{
"text": "Your insurance should cover transit by air, sea or rail."
}
],
"collocations": {
"transit + noun": ["point", "camp", "lounge"],
"preposition": ["in transit", "transit between", "transit from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of going through a place on the way to somewhere else",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the transit lounge at Vienna airport"
},
{
"text": "a **transit visa** *(= one that allows a person to pass through a country but not to stay there)*"
},
{
"text": "The port has become a transit point in the drug trade."
},
{
"text": "The goods were still in a transit shed on the quay."
},
{
"text": "Transit passengers are not allowed to leave the airport."
},
{
"text": "If you are catching a connecting flight please wait in the transit lounge."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by air"],
"collocations": {
"transit + noun": ["point", "camp", "lounge"],
"preposition": ["in transit", "transit between", "transit from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the system of buses, trains, etc. that people use to travel from one place to another",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the city’s **mass/public transit** system"
},
{
"text": "The New York transit strike is in its second day."
},
{
"text": "The city has acquired a light rail transit system."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["mass", "public", "rapid"],
"transit + noun": ["system", "hub", "station"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrænzɪt/",
"audio": "tr/transit/transit__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtrænzɪt/",
"audio": "tr/transit/transit__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting passage from one place to another): from Latin transitus, from transire ‘go across’."
}