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transition
noun
1 transition
The act of passing from one state or place to the next.
synonym: passage.
Roget 270:
transfer,
transference;
translocation,
elocation†;
displacement;
metastasis,
metathesis;
removal;
remotion†,
amotion†;
relegation;
deportation,
asportation†;
extradition,
conveyance,
draft,
carrying,
carriage;
convection,
conduction,
contagion;
transfer
etc.
(of property)
783.
transit,
transition;
passage,
ferry,
gestation;
portage,
porterage†,
carting,
cartage;
shoveling
etc.
v.;
vection†,
vecture†,
vectitation†;
shipment,
freight,
wafture†;
transmission,
transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption†,
transplantation,
translation;
shifting,
dodging;
dispersion
etc.
73;
transposition
etc.
(interchange)
148;
traction
etc.
285.
[Thing transferred]
drift.
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Roget 144:
conversion,
reduction,
transmutation,
resolution,
assimilation;
evolution,
sea change;
change of state;
assumption;
naturalization;
transportation;
development [Biol.],
developing.
[photography]
[conversion of currency]
conversion of currency,
exchange of currency;
exchange rate;
bureau de change.
chemistry,
alchemy;
progress,
growth,
lapse,
flux.
passage;
transit,
transition;
transmigration,
shifting
etc.
v.;
phase;
conjugation;
convertibility.
crucible,
alembic,
caldron,
retort.
convert,
pervert,
renegade,
apostate.
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Dutch: overgang, overloop, overschakeling, switch
2 transition
An event that results in a transformation.
synonyms: changeover, conversion.
Dutch: overgang, ommezwaai, omschakeling
Polish: konwersja
3 transition
A change from one place or state or subject or stage to another.
Dutch: overgang
4 transition
A musical passage moving from one key to another.
synonym: modulation.
Polish: przejście
5 transition
A passage that connects a topic to one that follows.
verb
1 transition
Cause to convert or undergo a transition.
2 transition
Make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).
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