■ noun
1》 the carrying of people or things from one place to another.
↘ N. Amer. the conveyance of passengers on public transport.
2》 an act of passing through or across a place.
↘ Astronomy the passage of a planet across the face of the sun, or of a moon across the face of a planet.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ing , ~ed ) pass across or through.
Origin
ME: from L. ~us , from transire 'go across'.