transition

Meaning

Noun

1. The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
2. A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
3. A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
4. A change of key.
5. A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
6. A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
7. The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
8. 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.
9. A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Death; passing from life into death.

Verb

1. To make a transition.
2. To bring through a transition; to change.
3. To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹænˈsɪʒən/

Etymology

From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio.