Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense transitions, present participle transitioning, past tense, past participle transitioned
1. variable noun
Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another.
The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult. [+ to]
...a period of transition.
Synonyms: change, passing, development, shift More Synonyms of transition
2. verb
To transitionfrom one state or activity to another means to move gradually from one to the other.
The country has begun transitioning from a military dictatorship to a budding democracy. [VERB + from/to]
The company transitioned to an intellectual property company. [VERB + to]
[Also VERB noun]
3. verb
To transition means to start living your life as a person of a different gender.
He confirmed in an interview with ABC that he is transitioning to life as a woman. [VERB + to]
4. variable noun
Transition is the process of starting to live your life as a person of a different gender.
She has made a TV series about her gender transition and how she is adjusting toher new life.
He started gender transition treatment last year.
transition in British English
(trænˈzɪʃən)
noun
1.
change or passage from one state or stage to another
2.
the period of time during which something changes from one state or stage to another
3.
the process by which a person changes gender
4. music
a.
a movement from one key to another; modulation
b.
a linking passage between two divisions in a composition; bridge
5. Also called: transitional
a style of architecture that was used in western Europe in the late 11th and early 12th century, characterized by late Romanesque forms combined with early Gothic details
6. physics
a.
any change that results in a change of physical properties of a substance or system, such as a change of phase or molecular structure
b.
a change in the configuration of an atomic nucleus, involving either a change in energy level resulting from the emission of a gamma-ray photon or a transformation to another element or isotope
7.
a sentence, passage, etc, that connects a topic to one that follows or that links sections of a written work
verb
8.
to change or cause to change from one state or stage to another
9. (intransitive)
to undergo a process of changing from from one gender to another
Derived forms
transitional (tranˈsitional) or rare transitionary (tranˈsitionary)
adjective
transitionally (tranˈsitionally)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Latin transitio; see transient
transition in American English
(trænˈzɪʃən; trænˈsɪʃən)
noun
1.
a.
a passing from one condition, form, stage, activity, place, etc. to another
b.
the period of such passing
2.
a word, phrase, sentence, or group of sentences that relates a preceding topic to a succeeding one or that smoothly connects parts of a speech or piece of writing
3. Music
a.
a shifting from one key to another; modulation; esp., a brief or passing modulation
b.
an abrupt change into a remote key
c.
a passage connecting two sections of a composition
verb intransitive
4.
to make or undergo a transition
Derived forms
transitional (tranˈsitional)
adjective or tranˈsitionˌary
transitionally (tranˈsitionally)
adverb
Word origin
L transitio < transitus: see transit
COBUILD Collocations
transition
smooth transition
Examples of 'transition' in a sentence
transition
The idea that fracking could be a transition fuel is now widely discredited.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Those accustomed to buying and running their own equipment may find the transition difficult.
Computing (2010)
Experts expect the transition to be smooth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They think from the moment they exit somewhere in 2019 there will be some sort of transition period.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
A smooth transition is already priced in.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Many fine chasers have been good hurdlers, but the ease with which Thistlecrack has made the transition makes him exceptional.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Without business any such transition would be fanciful.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are some early signs that the transition process is nearing its end.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They say the degree course may have to be changed to make the transition easier.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was the difference between a smooth transition to independence and a disastrous one.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have been through our period of transition.
The Sun (2014)
The moment of transition is one of the great mysteries of homelessness.
Alexander Masters STUART: A Life Backwards (2005)
This all has big implications for any transition towards economic sustainability.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Uncertainty about the length of the transition makes it difficult for people to plan.
Christianity Today (2000)
We seem to be going through such a period of transition now.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But his transition has caused problems for them at school.
The Sun (2015)
The problem faced by the capitalists in the transition stage can be summed up as follows.
Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
The transition process has to happen rapidly.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Can it make the transition that party politics has now made unavoidable?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But this was neither a smooth nor total transition.
Boyne, Roy Foucault and Derrida - The Other Side Of Reason (1990)
We are still in the throes of a transition period.
Peter F. Drucker THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER (2001)
That eased the transition from one colonial status to another.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
The elections are perceived as a key step in the country's transition to democracy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then there's the awkward business of the transition.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
transition
British English: transition /trænˈzɪʃən/ NOUN
Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another.
...the transition from childhood to adulthood.
American English: transition
Arabic: اِنْتِقال
Brazilian Portuguese: transição
Chinese: 转型
Croatian: prijelaz
Czech: přechod změna stavu
Danish: overgang
Dutch: overgang transitie
European Spanish: transición
Finnish: siirtymä
French: transition
German: Übergang
Greek: μετάβαση
Italian: transizione
Japanese: 移行
Korean: 변천
Norwegian: overgang
Polish: przejście zmiana
European Portuguese: transição
Romanian: trecere
Russian: переход
Latin American Spanish: transición
Swedish: övergång
Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลง
Turkish: geçiş
Ukrainian: перехід
Vietnamese: quá trình biến chuyển
British English: transition VERB
If someone transitions from one state or activity to another, they move gradually from one to the other.
...we transitioned from the security issues to the challenging economic issues.
American English: transition
Brazilian Portuguese: fazer uma transição
Chinese: 转向逐渐地
European Spanish: cambiar paulatinamente
French: passer
German: übergehen
Italian: passare
Japanese: 移り変わる
Korean: 서서히 바뀌다
European Portuguese: fazer uma transição
Latin American Spanish: cambiar paulatinamente
All related terms of 'transition'
transition team
a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime , etc and another
smooth transition
Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another.
transition element
any element belonging to one of three series of elements with atomic numbers between 21 and 30, 39 and 48, and 57 and 80. They have an incomplete penultimate electron shell and tend to exhibit more than one valency and to form complexes
transition period
A period is a length of time.
transition point
the point at which a transition of physical properties takes place, such as the point at which laminar flow changes to turbulent flow
forbidden transition
an electronic transition in an atom, molecule, etc, that is not permitted by electric dipole selection rules
transition temperature
the temperature at which a sudden change of physical properties occurs, such as a change of phase or crystalline structure , or at which a substance becomes superconducting
augmented transition network
(in certain schools of linguistics ) a formalism , usually expressed as a diagram , having the power of a Turing machine, used as the basis of processes transforming sentences into their syntactic representations