rapid transit

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noun

a system of public transportation in a metropolitan area, usually a subway or elevated train system.

Compare mass transit.

Origin of rapid transit

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

OTHER WORDS FROM rapid transit

rapid-transit, adjective

Words nearby rapid transit

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Example sentences from the Web for rapid transit

I've heard you decry these snapshot, rapid-transit, tunnel divorces many a time.
The Climbers|Clyde Fitch
In this way London has solved its rapid-transit problem, though it could be done only at enormous cost.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive|Joel Cook
Men are the real, rapid-transit champion gossips and talkers of the world.
Discourses of Keidansky|Bernard G. Richards
"Rapid-transit" facilities for passing through divorce courts should be cut off, and divorce "agencies" should be suppressed.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll

单词	rapid transit
释义	rapid transit SEE SYNONYMS FOR rapid transit ON THESAURUS.COM noun a system of public transportation in a metropolitan area, usually a subway or elevated train system. Compare mass transit. Origin of rapid transit An Americanism dating back to 1870–75 OTHER WORDS FROM rapid transit rapid-transit, adjective Words nearby rapid transit rapidity, rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis, rapido, rapid plasma reagin test, rapids, rapid transit, rapid transit chess, rapier, rapine, rapini, rapist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rapid transit I've heard you decry these snapshot, rapid-transit, tunnel divorces many a time. The Climbers\|Clyde Fitch In this way London has solved its rapid-transit problem, though it could be done only at enormous cost. England, Picturesque and Descriptive\|Joel Cook Men are the real, rapid-transit champion gossips and talkers of the world. Discourses of Keidansky\|Bernard G. Richards "Rapid-transit" facilities for passing through divorce courts should be cut off, and divorce "agencies" should be suppressed. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12)\|Robert G. Ingersoll
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