TRANSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transition mean? 

• TRANSITION (noun)
  The noun TRANSITION has 5 senses:

1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

2. an event that results in a transformation

3. a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

4. a musical passage moving from one key to another

5. a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

  Familiarity information: TRANSITION used as a noun is common.

• TRANSITION (verb)
  The verb TRANSITION has 2 senses:

1. cause to convert or undergo a transition

2. make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)

  Familiarity information: TRANSITION used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of passing from one state or place to the next

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

passage; transition

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

fossilisation; fossilization (becoming inflexible or out of date)

segue (the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another)

Derivation:

transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another)

transition (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An event that results in a transformation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

changeover; conversion; transition

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

glycogenesis (the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand)

isomerisation; isomerization (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)

rectification (the conversion of alternating current to direct current)

Derivation:

transition (cause to convert or undergo a transition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

ground swell (an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression)

jump; leap; saltation (an abrupt transition)

Derivation:

transition (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another))

transition (cause to convert or undergo a transition)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A musical passage moving from one key to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

modulation; transition

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A passage that connects a topic to one that follows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

flashback (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)

flash-forward (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)

dissolve ((film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out)

cut ((film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next)

jump ((film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another)

• TRANSITION (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they transition    ... he / she / it transitions   
Past simple: transitioned   
Past participle: transitioned   
-ing form: transitioning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to convert or undergo a transition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology

Hypernyms (to "transition" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Cause:

transition (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

transition (a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another)

transition (an event that results in a transformation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The adagio transitioned into an allegro

Hypernyms (to "transition" is one way to...):

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

transition (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)

transition (a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in G1/S and G2/M transitions in the cell cycle.

(CCNA2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclin-A2 protein, plays a role in cell cycle G1/S and G2/M transitions.

(CCNA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B1 protein, is involved in mitotic regulation during the G2/M transition of the cell cycle.

(CCNB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-B2 protein, is involved in the regulation of the mitotic G2/M transition of the cell cycle.

(CCNB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleotide transition abnormality may be heritable or occur somatically.

(Nucleotide Transition Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BTG2 Protein, plays a role in the regulation of the G1/S transition of the cell cycle and variant alleles may play a role B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

(BTG2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists say that the research offers a new connection between the transition zone layer and volcanoes on the surface of Earth.

(Scientists discover a new way volcanoes form, NSF)

Weight gain in young adults is likely related to the many changes occurring—school-to-work transitions and events such as pregnancy,” Wing says.

(Strategies successfully reduce weight gain in young adults, NIH)

This allele, which encodes m-phase inducer phosphatase 1 protein, plays a role in cell cycle regulation and the G1/S transition of the cell cycle.

(CDC25A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of the G1/S transition of the cell cycle.

(BTG2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)