Transition Meaning
/tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
nounA word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
Sentence Examples
The educational system is in transition.
Adolescence is viewed as time of transition.
The transition from school to full-time work
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The country's ____ from dictatorship to democracy was difficult but peaceful.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ from primary school to secondary school can be a very exciting but also a bit nervous time for many children today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Middle French transitionbor. English transition From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived."
— 1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374:
"So, depending on how he chooses to govern over the next four years, Mr. Obama may yet have a chance to reset the stale debate in Washington, or at least to hasten the transition from one moment to the next. His re-election opens the door further for the post-’60s generation, even if it does not quite clear the room."
— 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
"The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences."
— 2014 January 7, Katie McDonough, quoting Laverne Cox, “Laverne Cox flawlessly shuts down Katie Couric's invasive questions about transgender people”, in Salon, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2014:
"The LED lights up her face as she watches the YouTube video of a goth girl in New Orleans again. Nobody could tell to look at her. She has a year-long film of her transition and at the end of it she has black lips and long hair and she is hot."
— 2016, Jenni Fagan, The Sunlight Pilgrims, William Heinemann, page 29:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The country's ____ from dictatorship to democracy was difficult but peaceful.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ from primary school to secondary school can be a very exciting but also a bit nervous time for many children today.