Transition

//tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "transition" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(2 words)
changeoverconversion

Strong matches (42)

Noun(1 words)
gender transition

Related words (70)

Noun(2 words)
modulationpassage
Verb(1 words)
segue

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7 relation types

More general

13 entries

Synonyms

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derived

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

has context

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is a

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manner of

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related to

49 entries

Showing 16 of 49 words.

Translations

126 translations across 44 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • تَحَوُّل noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • نَقِل noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Armenian

1 entries
  • փոփոխություն noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • keçid noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ператварэ́нне noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • перахо́д noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লিঙ্গ বদল করা noun (gender-related life change)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • пре́ход noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • пре́ход noun (word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another)
  • преминавам verb (to undergo a transition)
  • променям verb (to bring through a transition; to change)

Catalan

2 entries
  • transició noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • trànsit noun (gender-related life change)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 變化 /变化 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • 轉變 /转变 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • 過渡 /过渡 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • 转变 verb (to undergo a transition)

Czech

1 entries
  • přechod noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Danish

1 entries
  • overgang noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Dutch

1 entries
  • overgang noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Finnish

4 entries
  • muutos noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • siirtyminen noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • siirtymä noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • siirtymä noun (onset of the final stage of childbirth)

French

4 entries
  • transition noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • transition noun (word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another)
  • transition noun (brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes)
  • transition noun (point mutation)

Galician

1 entries
  • transición noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გარდასვლა noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • გარდაქმნა noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • ტრანზიცია noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

German

4 entries
  • Transition noun (gender-related life change)
  • Übergang noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • transitieren verb (to change from one gender role to another)
  • transitionieren verb (to change from one gender role to another)

Greek

1 entries
  • μετάβαση noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מַעֲבָר noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • תְּמוּרָה noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लिंग बदलना noun (gender-related life change)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • nemváltoztatás noun (gender-related life change)
  • nemváltás noun (gender-related life change)
  • rendszerváltás noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • tranzíció noun (gender-related life change)

Ido

1 entries
  • transito noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Italian

4 entries
  • passaggio noun (point mutation)
  • passaggio noun (change from defense to attack, or attack to defense)
  • passaggio noun (onset of the final stage of childbirth)
  • transizione noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 変化 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • 推移 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • 遷移 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • құбылыс noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • өзгеріс noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Korean

2 entries
  • 변화 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • 전이 noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • премин noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • преод noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • транзиција noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Māori

4 entries
  • tauwhirowhiro noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • whakawhitinga noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • whitianga noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • tauwhirowhiro verb (to undergo a transition)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • overgang noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Occitan

1 entries
  • transicion noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Persian

3 entries
  • تبدیل noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • دگرجنسیدن noun (gender-related life change)
  • دگریدن noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Polish

3 entries
  • przejście noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • przekształcenie noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • tranzycja noun (gender-related life change)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • transição noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • transição noun (point mutation)
  • transição noun (gender-related life change)
  • transicionar verb (to undergo a transition)

Romanian

2 entries
  • tranziție noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • tranziție noun (gender-related life change)

Russian

4 entries
  • перехо́д noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • перехо́д noun (gender-related life change)
  • превраще́ние noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • транзиция noun (point mutation)

Scots

1 entries
  • transeetion noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prijélaz noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • prélaz noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • trànzīcija noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • пре́лаз noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prechod noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Slovene

2 entries
  • prehod noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • tranzicija noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Spanish

1 entries
  • transición noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Swedish

1 entries
  • övergång noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Turkish

1 entries
  • geçiş noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • перетво́рення noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)
  • перехі́д noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • oʻtish noun (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chuyển giới verb (to change from one gender role to another)
  • hoán giới verb (to change from one gender role to another)
  • đổi tính verb (to change from one gender role to another)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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The educational system is in transition.

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Adolescence is viewed as time of transition.

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The transition from farm life to city life is often difficult.

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Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.

Source: tatoeba (329314)

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