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tran·si·tion

transition

 
 
pronunciation:
traen zI shn
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part of speech: noun
definition: A transition is a process of change. It is a process of going from one stage or condition to a new stage or condition. The fall season is a time of transition between summer and winter, for example.
Teenagers are in a period of transition as they leave childhood and become adults.
synonyms:
passage
similar words:
change, leap, shift
derivations: transitional (adj.), transitionally (adv.)
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