TRANSITIONS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

late Middle English (in the sense ‘grammatical transitivity’): from Latin transitio(n-), from transire ‘go across’

the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

process or period of changing from one state or condition

• students in transition from one programme to another
• a period of transition
• a transition to multiparty democracy

the process by which a transgender person permanently adopts the outward or physical characteristics that match their gender identity, as opposed to those associated with the sex registered for them at birth. The process may or may not involve measures such as hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery

process by which person permanently adopts physical characteristics of gender with which they identify

• she had been living as a woman for eight years at that point and had completed her transition in 2001
• he began the transition from female to male in the 10th grade

a momentary modulation from one key to another.

momentary modulation from one key to another

a change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation.

change of atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation

undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition

undergo or cause to undergo process or period of transition

• he transitioned into filmmaking easily
• we have transitioned from a high-intensity combat operation to a support role in the community
• a firm specializing in transitioning companies from old technologies to new ones

adopt permanently the outward or physical characteristics that match one's gender identity, as opposed to those associated with the sex registered at birth

permanently adopt characteristics of gender one identifies with

• once the decision was finally made to transition, she was overwhelmed with the support from her immediate family