transitionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/us/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/C2 a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens:
The health-care system is in transition at the moment.
There will be an interim government to oversee the transition to democracy.
a change in which someone starts living their life as a person of a different gender:
She began her transition from male to female almost seven years ago.
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- The transition from a totalitarian state to a free country will be long and slow.
- The transition from boyhood to manhood can be a confusing period.
- There will be a transition period before Jenny takes over as boss.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- sea change
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- twist
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transitionverb [ I or T ]
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/to start living as a person of a different gender:
Bornstein transitioned from male to female almost 20 years ago.
It wasn't easy transitioning gender in the military.