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Transition
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- 1 The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another. countable, uncountable
"All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place."
- 2 the act of passing from one state or place to the next wordnet
- 3 A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another. countable, uncountable
"Holonym: metadiscourse"
- 4 a passage that connects a topic to one that follows wordnet
- 5 A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a musical passage moving from one key to another wordnet
- 7 A change of key. countable, uncountable
- 8 a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another wordnet
- 9 A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion. countable, uncountable
- 10 an event that results in a transformation wordnet
- 11 A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense. countable, uncountable
- 12 The onset of the final stage of childbirth. countable, uncountable
- 13 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. countable, uncountable
- 14 A change between forward and backward motion without stopping. countable, uncountable
- 15 The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth. countable, uncountable
"The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences."
- 16 A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure. countable, uncountable
- 17 Death; passing from life into death. countable, euphemistic, uncountable
"As I read for the first time the inscription on my ancestor's tombstone, I recognized her name, but it was the date that transfixed my gaze and made my hair stand on end. The date of her death was March 1st, a fact I had been unaware of, but I did know that this day happened also to be March 1st; it was the thirty-second anniversary of her transition."
- 1 To make a transition. intransitive
- 2 make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) wordnet
- 3 To bring through a transition; to change. transitive
"The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role."
- 4 cause to convert or undergo a transition wordnet
- 5 To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender. intransitive
"Eric told me that after he transitioned, he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle French transitionbor. English transition From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion.
Etymology tree Middle French transitionbor. English transition From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion.
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