Transition

Noun

 * 1) the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another
 * 2) a word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another
 * 3)  a brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes
 * 4)  a point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion
 * 5) (some sports) a change from defense to attack, or attack to defense
 * 6)  the onset of the final stage of childbirth

Verb

 * 1)  To make a transition.

Related terms

 * transit
 * transitional
 * transitionary
 * transitionist
 * transition element
 * transition metal

Adjectives for Transition
ethnological; soft; terrible; quick; hard; sudden; awful; perilous; stormy; violent; delicious; fine; necessary; painful; bitter; swift.

Verbs for Transition
accomplish—; balk at—; bemoan—; complete—; decry—; denounce—; endure—; necessitate—; smooth—; trace—; undergo —; undertake—; —converts; —involves; —matures; —mellows;   —revolutionizes; —ripens.

Thesaurus
about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alchemy, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, assimilation, assumption, becoming, betterment, break, change, change of heart, change-over, changeableness, communication, conduction, constructive change, contagion, continuity, convection, conversion, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, delivery, deportation, deterioration, development, deviation, diapedesis, difference, diffusion, discontinuity, dissemination, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, evolution, export, exportation, expulsion, extradition, fitting, flip-flop, gradual change, growth, import, importation, improvement, interchange, lapse, melioration, metamorphosis, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mitigation, modification, modulation, mutation, mutual transfer, naturalization, osmosis, overthrow, passage, passing over, perfusion, progress, qualification, radical change, re-creation, re-formation, realignment, reconversion, redesign, reduction, reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, resolution, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, shift, spread, spreading, sudden change, switch, switch-over, total change, transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transformation, transfusion, transit, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transmutation, transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transposition, travel, turn, turnabout, turning into, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, volte-face, worsening

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: siirtyminen, muutos, siirtymä
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: rendszerváltás
 * Ido: transito


 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: تبدیل
 * Polish: przekształcenie
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: övergång


 * Finnish: