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transition English

Meaning transition meaning

What does transition mean?
Definitions in simple English

transition Noun

— A transition is a change from one place or situation to another. Diana has made the transition from girl to woman. The transition from ice to water occurs at 0°C. They want at least a five-year transition period.

transition

— noun (= passage) the act of passing from one state or place to the next — noun (= conversion) an event that results in a transformation — noun a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another — noun a musical passage moving from one key to another — noun a passage that connects a topic to one that follows — verb make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets The adagio transitioned into an allegro — verb cause to convert or undergo a transition the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology

Synonyms transition synonyms

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transition English » English

change passage shift variation transformation transfer switch mutation alteration turning point transmutation transit modification crossing vary turning transform progress move modulation metamorphosis interchange flux displacement critical point convert conversion changeover amendment alternation work vicissitudes vicissitude turnover turn trek traversing travel transubstantiate transportation transmute transmogrify translational radiation translational translation motion translation translate transitional transient transfigure

Conjugation transition conjugation

How do you conjugate transition?

transition · verb

Examples transition examples

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Simple sentences

Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood.
The educational system is in transition.
The transition won't be easy.
In every period of transition this riff-raff, which exists in every society, rises to the surface, and is not only without any aim but has not even a symptom of an idea, and merely does its utmost to give expression to uneasiness and impatience.
Cobalt is a transition metal.
A few events marked the transition into the 21st century.
This substance is undergoing a transition from a gaseous to a liquid state.

Movie subtitles

This dramatic transition from Confucian equipoise to anarchy had taken little more than a decade.
Nothing could better symboIise the transition of power from East to West.
We are looking for a pesticide manufacturer who used to supply tobacco growers but made the transition to corn.
Now, what happened during that transition?
And I rather believe that Miss Caldwell may have made the transition from choice.
I understand the Christians say that death is but a transition to a better life.
I better put some chords in for transition.
I'll cue you for the transition music.
We congratulate you on your new post and humbly welcome you and wish you a smooth transition.
A flaw of the transition period that will surely be corrected.
You can't gear a country's economy for war for 20 years then slam on the brakes and expect the transition to go like grease through a goose.
Nilssen, I must tell you. the time has come to make a transition from theory to practice.
It will be a transition from this present work.
Helps easing the transition when becoming another person.
You can rest assured. They're in transition. They'll soon complete their choice.
You've undergone a startling transition, Richard.
It is not clear to me when the transition from mother to horse takes place.
Regrettable, there is no time for amenities. I am certain your minds have difficulty grasping this transition from Earth to Metaluna.
A flaw of the transition period. It will soon be corrected.
Sorry, I can not understand as it will make the transition.
And there is work to do, to prepare the country for the transition.
I feared that transition period.
He may have been spared the shock of transition and survived.
We have tried to make the transition to your level.
I think your idea of making the transition to lion-taming via easy stages, say via insurance or.
It is possible he was spared the shock of transition and survived.
Something has happened in the last few months that has made us transition from a passive to an active phase.
You haven't solved the corner situation and the transition to the vertical volume.
I don't think I could make the transition.
Mysterious object sighted during hyperspace transition.
There is no death for one who believes, just a transition.
That Sarah facilitated the transition.
The crew haven't had near enough transition time with all the new equipment.
And you can compute a reverse transition from existing data.
Some scientists wonder, in an oscillating universe about what happens at the cusps at the transition from contraction to expansion.
No Keeper lasts forever and the period of transition is always difficult.
Instruct the Source the transition may be completed.

News and current affairs

Bottom trawling should simply be outlawed; it would be simple and inexpensive to compensate the fishing industry during a transition to other activities.
In our wrenching postcommunist transition, it is essential that a government can act decisively.
Because it will take time to collect revenues from the regional VAT, the EU should provide financial help during the transition.
The fourth big opportunity is supporting countries in transition.
Europe's response to this process must embody the goal of an orderly and rapid transition.
The liberal reformers who have been jailed could have paved the way for a peaceful transition to a reformed Saudi Arabia.
That hardly seems a rational policy for a continent in profound transition.
Moreover, 30 years of tax cutting has left the US government without the financial resources needed to carry out effective programs in key areas such as the transition to low-carbon energy.
Yet a road map for a peaceful transition can be designed.
This is why the New Deal model is innovative; it creates political support around issues that need to be addressed if countries are to make the transition from conflict and fragility to peace and stability.
Suppose, further, that by 2030 the transition to a low-carbon economy is halfway completed.
Let us presume, finally, that by 2050, all electricity production has made the transition to low-carbon energy sources.
The time has come for the US, China, India, and other major economies to declare how they will foster their own transition to a low-carbon economy.
Demanding a full-fledged democratic transition as a pre-condition for normalizing US-Cuban relations is both unrealistic and unpalatable to Latin America.
Bruni's own life path closely resembles any number of Bollywood stars who have made the transition from model to actress.
We Czechs know something about this, as the wrenching economic transition that we underwent in the 1990's taught us much about how the right policies can break the grip of hopelessness.
Now the world is suddenly asking whether Burma (Myanmar), after six decades of military dictatorship, has embarked on a genuine political transition that could end the country's pariah status.
And can Aung San Suu Kyi, the heroic opposition leader, and Thein Sein, Burma's new president, engineer a political transition as skillfully and peacefully as Mandela and de Klerk did for South Africa in the early 1990's?
So what will happen when a transition is forced on the Palestinian movement by his demise?
We Europeans must favor stability, create a real spirit of co-ownership, and promote political responsibility.In this new framework, the EU should avoid excessive conditionality, especially during the transition period.
The EBRD made an important contribution to the economic transition process in Eastern Europe; there's a good case for drawing on its experience and expertise to help the southern Mediterranean.
Other Confucian societies, such as South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, now have thriving liberal democracies, and there is no reason to believe that such a transition is impossible in China.

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