transition
Pluraltransitions
Verbtransitions, transitioning, transitioned
Pluraltransitions
Formstransitions, transitioning, transitioned
- 1The act of changing from one form, state, or place to another.
Like the slow moment when day turns into night.
The transition from summer to fall happens slowly here.
Moving to a new city is a big transition for most kids.
Similarchange, shift, changeover, switch, move
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- 3The process of changing one's gender role or body to fit one's real gender, not the sex given at birth.
Her transition began with telling her family and changing her name.
Support from friends made his transition much easier.
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- 4To move someone or something from one state, system, or stage to another.
Like helping someone move their things from an old house to a new one.
The manager will transition the team to the new software.
They transitioned the patient to a lower dose of medicine.
Similarshift, move, convert, switch, migrate
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- 5To change one's gender role or body to match one's real gender, not the sex given at birth.
He decided to transition in his late twenties.
She transitioned with the support of her family.
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- 6A word or phrase that links one part of a piece of writing to the next.
Like a small bridge between two ideas.
A good transition helps your reader move from one idea to the next.
She added a transition between the two paragraphs to make them flow.
Similarsegue, link, bridge, connective
- 7A change from one musical key to another within a piece of music.
Like a song suddenly sounding higher or lower than before.
The song's transition into a higher key made the chorus feel brighter.
Listeners noticed the smooth transition from the minor section to the major one.
Similarmodulation
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- 8In sports, the quick switch from defense to attack, or from attack to defense.
Like quickly turning around to chase the player who just took your ball.
The team scored on a fast transition after stealing the ball.
Their quick transition from defense to attack caught the other side off guard.
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- 10Special help given to students as they move from one learning program toward more independent living.
Like a coach helping a player get ready to join a bigger team.
The school offers transition help to students leaving the program for regular classes.
Her teachers planned a careful transition into independent living.
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- 11In childbirth, the start of the final stage of labor, just before the baby is born.
Like the steepest part of a hill, right before you reach the top.
During transition, her contractions came one right after another.
The midwife said the hardest part, transition, would pass quickly.
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- 12In flying, a planned route that connects one phase of a flight to the next.
Like an on-ramp that joins a small road to a big highway.
The pilot flew the transition that joined the departure route to the airway.
Air traffic control cleared them for the transition onto the approach.
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- 13In skating, a smooth switch from skating forward to backward, or backward to forward, without stopping.
Like spinning around while running and never slowing down.
She practiced her transition until she could skate backward without stopping.
A clean transition let him keep his speed through the turn.
Similarturn
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- 14In genetics, a change in DNA where one base is swapped for another of the same kind.
Like swapping one letter for a very similar letter in a word.
A single transition changed one letter of the gene's code.
The transition swapped one base for a similar one, leaving the protein nearly unchanged.
Oppositetransversion
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Origin
From Latin "transitio," through Middle French "transition." It can be seen as "transit" plus "-ion."