- make a passage or journey from one place to another;
"The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert"
- 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"
- revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
- cause or enable to pass through;
"The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day"