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Meaning of transition | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another
  3. A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another
  5. A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
    countable, uncountable
  6. A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes
  7. A change of key.
    countable, uncountable
  8. A change of key
  9. A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
    countable, uncountable
  10. A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion
  11. A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
    countable, uncountable
  12. The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
    countable, uncountable
  13. 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.
    countable, uncountable
  14. A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
    countable, uncountable
  15. The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.
    countable, uncountable
  16. 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.
    countable, uncountable
  17. Death; passing from life into death.
    countable, euphemistic, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الإنتقال انتقال تحول نقل
Azərbaycanca keçid
Български променям
Čeština přechod
Dansk overgang
Español transición
فارسی تبدیل
Galego transición
עברית מעבר תמורה
हिन्दी संध्या
Հայերեն փոփոխություն
Bahasa Indonesia peralihan perlintasan transisi
日本語 変化 変遷 推移 転移 過渡 遷移
ქართული გარდაქმნა
한국어 변천 변화 이행 전이
Te Reo Māori whakawhitinga
Nederlands overgang
Română tranziție
Српски транзиција
Svenska övergång
Türkçe geçiş intikal

Examples

“All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.”
“In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.”
“So, depending on how he chooses to govern over the next four years, Mr. Obama may yet have a chance to reset the stale debate in Washington, or at least to hasten the transition from one moment to the next. His re-election opens the door further for the post-’60s generation, even if it does not quite clear the room.”
“Holonym: metadiscourse”
“The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences.”
“The LED lights up her face as she watches the YouTube video of a goth girl in New Orleans again. Nobody could tell to look at her. She has a year-long film of her transition and at the end of it she has black lips and long hair and she is hot.”
“When trans young people talk about their own transition, usually they mean using a different name and pronouns from the ones given to them at birth, and adapting their gender presentation to better express themselves, while asking that others (particularly family members, peers and teachers) acknowledge this presentation.”
“As I read for the first time the inscription on my ancestor's tombstone, I recognized her name, but it was the date that transfixed my gaze and made my hair stand on end. The date of her death was March 1st, a fact I had been unaware of, but I did know that this day happened also to be March 1st; it was the thirty-second anniversary of her transition.”
“This was my first Christmas without Gemmia and the one-year anniversary of her transition. […] We had a lovely time, but it was very clear that we would rather have been home doing what we would have done had Gemmia been alive.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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