transition
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
Noun 4 meanings
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
“Holonym: metadiscourse”
A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
A change of key.
Verb 2 meanings
To make a transition.
To bring through a transition; to change.
“The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.”
Etymology
From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion.
TRANSITION at a glance
TRANSITION has 10 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,202 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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