transition

Speech parts

1. transition - Noun

2. transition - Verb

Meaning

Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.

A passing from one subject to another.

Change from one form to another.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

passage change movement exchange transfer evolution shift conversion switch transformation migration modification progression alteration segue
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Antonyms

end same still beginning start finish
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Hypernyms

convert change shift passage switch modification

Hyponyms

cut jump leap dissolve rectification saltation

Phrases with the word

filtered-popping recursive transition network energy of phase transition heat energy of phase transition sonic transition electron spin resonance transition result of a rapid transition of atmospheric pressure

Examples

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Isaac Asimov

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism. John C. Calhoun

The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar. Martin Feldstein

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing. Jennifer Yuh Nelson

There is no death What seems so is transition This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. Anatol Rapoport

Close letter words and terms

transit zone transitable transiting transition altitude transition between centuries transition celebration