{
    "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’."
}