Collocations for "transit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "transit" in context.
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transit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [package, product] is in transit (to)
- is still (currently) in transit
- was [lost, misplaced, damaged] during transit
- take public transit to [work, school]
- take mass transit to [work]
- [encourage, promote] public transit
- the [New York] Transit
- the transit of [Mercury, Mars, Venus]
- the [total, estimated] transit time
- the public transit system
- the [city's] transit authority
- transit workers
- a [heroin, drug] transit route
- [held in, directed to] the transit area
'transit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):