transit
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
Types & categories
- surveying instrument hypernym
- tachymeter hyponym
Parts & wholes
- alidade part meronym
Related & opposite
- transit derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a passage or journey from one place to another
The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;
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Sense 3 noun
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
Types & categories
- facility hypernym
- air transportation system hyponym
- highway system hyponym
- public transit hyponym
- short line hyponym
- telpherage hyponym
Parts & wholes
- infrastructure part holonym
- airfield part meronym
- bridge part meronym
- line part meronym
- public transport part meronym
- depot part meronym
- way part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
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
Types & categories
- pass hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a journey usually by ship
the outward passage took 10 days
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- transit derivation
Sense 6 verb
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
Types & categories
- revolve hypernym
Related & opposite
- transit derivation
Sense 7 verb
cause or enable to pass through
The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day
Types & categories
- bring hypernym
Related & opposite
- transportation derivation
- transit verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | transit |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | alidade |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | surveying instrument |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tachymeter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | passage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transit |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | transit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | transit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | transport |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | infrastructure |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | airfield |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bridge |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | line |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | public transport |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | depot |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | way |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | facility |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | air transportation system |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | highway system |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | public transit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | short line |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | telpherage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | transit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | journey |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lockage |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | transit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | revolve |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | transportation |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | transit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring |