Transition
[træn'zɪʃ(ə)n;trɑːn-;-'sɪʃ-] or [træn'zɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a passage that connects a topic to one that follows.
(noun.) a musical passage moving from one key to another.
(noun.) a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) cause to convert or undergo a transition; 'the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology'.
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Definition
(n.) Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
(n.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
(n.) A passing from one subject to another.
(n.) Change from one form to another.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Change, shifting.
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Examples
- Eternal rigidity had seized upon it in a momentary transition between fervour and resignation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There is another possible mode of transition, namely, through the acceleration or retardation of the period of reproduction. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The double relation between the ideas and impressions subsists in both cases, and produces an easy transition from the one emotion to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- By this double relation of impressions and ideas, a transition is made from the one impression to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The transition is immediate. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Its idea must hang in a manner, upon that of ourselves and the transition from the one to the other must be easy and natural. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- How is such a transition possible? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- First, By producing an imperfect habit and transition from the present impression to the related idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Not being united by any common object, producing them, they have no relation to each other; and consequently make no transition or union of forces. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- A present impression and a customary transition are now no longer necessary to enliven our ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But conditions change whether statesmen wish them to or not; society must have new institutions to fit new wants, and all that rigid conservatism can do is to make the transitions difficult. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Edited by Allison