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Definition of transition verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. [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.
  2. [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.
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin transitio(n-), from transire ‘go across’.
indeed
adverb
 
 
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