What does it mean when a delivery service says In transit?

Question

What does it mean when a delivery service says In transit?

Answer 1

It means that it is on it's way.

tran·sit  (trnst, -zt)

n.

1. The act of passing over, across, or through; passage.

2.

a. Conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a local public transportation system.

b. The system or vehicles used for such conveyance.

3. A transition or change, as to a spiritual existence at death.

4. Astronomy

a. The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian.

b. The passage of a smaller celestial body or its shadow across the disk of a larger celestial body.

5. A surveying instrument similar to a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.

v. tran·sit·ed, tran·sit·ing, tran·sits

v.tr.

1. To pass over, across, or through: aircraft transiting the United States and Canada.

2. To revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.

v.intr. Astronomy

To make a transit.

Answer 2

Its on its way

Answer 3

That means its in the process of delivery, like on the truck or plane headed to its destination.

Answer 4

means its moving

Answer 5

It means that the item has been shipped and is somewhere between them and you.

Answer 6

  It means that it's some where in route. Most companies have a tracking system where you can find out where your package is at any moment.

Answer 7

It means they are tracking the package's progress and it should be delivered within a day or two. It's somewhere between its shipping point and its destination. Delivery services often have 'hubs' or transit points where packages are distributed to different onward destinations.