mass transit

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large-scale transportation system in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoltransporte colectivo transporte masivo

Françaismass transit

Deutschöffentlicher Verkehr

9 more languages

Češtinahromadná doprava

ΕλληνικάΜΜΜ

Eestiühistransport

Suomijoukkoliikenne

Gaeilgeolliompar

Magyartömegközlekedés

Svenskakollektivtrafik

Tiếng Việtgiao thông công cộng

Examples

“The announcement was made in Leeds - the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system. It's also a city which has been doggedly pressing (to little avail) for an integrated transport ⟳ system for two decades.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

mass transportation mass vaccination centre mass wasting Mass-dismissals mass-energy Mass-production

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