transition
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Is transition a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.countableuncountable
2. (music) A change of key.countableuncountable
3. (genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.countableuncountable
4. (some sports) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.countableuncountable
5. (medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.countableuncountable
6. (education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To make a transition.intransitive
2. (transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.Examples: "The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role."transitive
3. (intransitive, LGBTQ) To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.Examples: "Eric told me that after he transitioned, he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him."; "And simply being accepted into one of these programs was not a guarantee that one would be allowed to transition. First, the trans person had to undergo extensive, sometimes indefinite, periods of psychotherapy […]"; "If the transitioning person leaves the family home, there will be moving costs, and costs associated with the acquisition of another home or the renting of an apartment. If the non-transitioning spouse leaves the family home, […]"intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary