transition
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
transition
- The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
- A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
- (music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
- (music) A change of key.
- (genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
- (some sports) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
- (medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
- (education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
- (skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
- (LGBT) The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
- French: transition
- German: Übergang
- Portuguese: transição
- Russian: перехо́д
- Spanish: transición
- French: transition
- French: transition
- French: transition
- French: transition
- French: transition
transition (transitions, present participle transitioning; past and past participle transitioned)
- (intransitive) To make a transition#Noun|transition.
- (transitive) To bring through a transition#Noun|transition; to change.
- The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.
- (intransitive, LGBT) To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
- 2009, Mara Drummond, Transitions - A Guide To Transitioning For Transsexuals And Their Families, page 71:
- If the transitioning person leaves the family home, there will be moving costs, and costs associated with the acquisition of another home or the renting of an apartment. If the non-transitioning spouse leaves the family home, […]
- 2009, Mara Drummond, Transitions - A Guide To Transitioning For Transsexuals And Their Families, page 71:
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