PUBLIC TRANSIT

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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