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noun
1.
movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
2.
Music.
a.
a passing from one key to another; modulation.
b.
a brief modulation; a modulation used in passing.
c.
a sudden, unprepared modulation.
3.
a passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a television program, theatrical production, or the like.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make a transition: He had difficulty transitioning from enlisted man to officer.
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Origin:
1545–55; < Latin trānsitiōn- (stem of trānsitiō) a going across, equivalent to trānsit(us) (past participle of transīre to cross; compare transit) + -iōn- -ion
1545–55; < Latin trānsitiōn- (stem of trānsitiō) a going across, equivalent to trānsit(us) (past participle of transīre to cross; compare transit) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
tran·si·tion·al·ly, adverb
non·tran·si·tion·al, adjective
non·tran·si·tion·al·ly, adverb
un·tran·si·tion·al, adjective
EXPANDun·tran·si·tion·al·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. changeover, passing, conversion.
1. changeover, passing, conversion.
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Word Origin & History
transition
1551, from L. transitionem (nom. transitio) "a going across or over," noun of action from transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
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