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PUBLIC TRANSIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public transit mean? 

PUBLIC TRANSIT (noun)
  The noun PUBLIC TRANSIT has 1 sense:

1. a public transportation system for moving passengersplay

  Familiarity information: PUBLIC TRANSIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUBLIC TRANSIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A public transportation system for moving passengers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("public transit" is a kind of...):

transit; transportation; transportation system (a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods)

Meronyms (parts of "public transit"):

transit line (a line providing public transit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public transit"):

mass rapid transit; rapid transit (an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains)


 Context examples 


This makes it ideal for cities that have growing demand for public transit, but not enough money to build subways.

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