transition
verb/trænˈzɪʃn/
/trænˈzɪʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transition | /trænˈzɪʃn/ /trænˈzɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it transitions | /trænˈzɪʃnz/ /trænˈzɪʃnz/ |
| past simple transitioned | /trænˈzɪʃnd/ /trænˈzɪʃnd/ |
| past participle transitioned | /trænˈzɪʃnd/ /trænˈzɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form transitioning | /trænˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ /trænˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to change or to make something change from one state or condition to another
- They transitioned from print journalism to the digital world.
- Almost every country in the world has made the decision to transition away from fossil fuels.
- transition somebody/something They decided to transition the farm to organic.
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- [intransitive] to start living your life as a person of a different sex, to match your gender identity
- The singer told fans about his decision to transition.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin transitio(n-), from transire ‘go across’.
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