transition

1. 1.

   cause to convert or undergo a transition

   “the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology”

   Broaderconvert
2. 2.

   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”

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Other forms of transition

plural

transitions·

past tense

transitioned·

present participle

transitioning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transition

What does transition mean?

transition means "the act of passing from one state or place to the next". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transition?

transition has 3 syllables: tran-sit-ion. The stress falls on "sit". In IPA it is /tɹænˈzɪʃən/.

What is another word for transition?

Close synonyms include passage, conversion, changeover, modulation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transition a common word?

transition is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with transition?

21 words rhyme with transition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.