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RAPID TRANSIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rapid transit mean?
• RAPID TRANSIT (noun)
The noun RAPID TRANSIT has 1 sense:
1. an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains
Familiarity information: RAPID TRANSIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
mass rapid transit; rapid transit
Hypernyms ("rapid transit" is a kind of...):
public transit (a public transportation system for moving passengers)
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