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transiting

transiting is the present participle and gerund of transit.

Meaning of transit

Verb

transit (third-person singular simple present transits, present participle transiting, simple past and past participle transited)

  1. To pass over, across or through something.
  2. To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles.
  3. (at least Vancouver) To use public transit.
    • I always transit to work.
  4. To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
  5. (intransitive) To make a transit.
  6. (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.

See all 15 meanings of transit

Noun

transiting (countable and uncountable, plural transitings)

  1. The process by which something undergoes transit; an act of conveyance.

Forms of transiting

pluraltransitings

Questions about transiting

What does transiting mean?
Transiting means the process by which something undergoes transit; an act of conveyance.
What is transiting the present participle and gerund of?
Transiting is the present participle and gerund of transit.
What part of speech is transiting?
Transiting is a noun.
What is the plural of transiting?
The plural of transiting is transitings.

Words near transiting in the dictionary

  1. transitable
  2. transitation
  3. transited
  4. transiter
  5. transiters
  6. transiting
  7. transitings
  8. transition
  9. transition altitude
  10. transition altitudes
  11. transition economies

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