transition
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Noun [edit]
transition (plural transitions)
- The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, New York Times:
- So, depending on how he chooses to govern over the next four years, Mr. Obama may yet have a chance to reset the stale debate in Washington, or at least to hasten the transition from one moment to the next. His re-election opens the door further for the post-’60s generation, even if it does not quite clear the room.
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, New York Times:
- A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
- (music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
- (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.
Usage notes [edit]
In the United Kingdom education system, the noun is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next. Contrast with transfer which is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. In the United States education system the, noun is used to define a move from a one phase of an Independent Educational Program (IEP) to another specifically regarding the child's or adult's progress from more or less special educational support to greater independent living.
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Verb [edit]
transition (third-person singular simple present transitions, present participle transitioning, simple past and past participle transitioned)
- (intransitive, chiefly US) To make a transition.
- (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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Noun [edit]
transition f (plural transitions)
