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transition

tran·si·tion

transition

 
 
pronunciation:
traen zI shn
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part of speech: noun
definition: a process of changing from one position, stage, or situation to another.
The fall season makes a transition between summer and winter.Teenagers are in a period of transition as they leave childhood and become adults.
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similar words:
change, conversion, leap, shift, transformation
derivations: transitional (adj.), transitionally (adv.)
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