transition

  • 21transition — (tran zi sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Manière de passer d un raisonnement à un autre, de lier les parties d un discours, d un ouvrage. Ménager les transitions. Une heureuse transition. L art des transitions. •   Par cette… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 22transition — tran|si|tion [ træn zıʃn ] noun count or uncount ** the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another: a transition period a transition from something to something: It s not always a smooth transition from school to university …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23TRANSITION — s. f. (On prononce Tranzicion. ) Manière de passer d un raisonnement à un autre, de lier ensemble les parties d un discours, d un ouvrage. Bonne transition. Belle transition. Transition heureuse, ingénieuse. Il a passé à une nouvelle matière sans …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 24transition — n. 1) to make a transition 2) a gradual transition 3) a transition from; to 4) (misc.) in a state of transition * * * [træn zɪʃ(ə)n] to (misc.) in a state of transition a gradual transition a transition from to make a transition …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25TRANSITION — n. f. Action de passer d’un raisonnement à un autre, de lier ensemble les parties d’un discours, d’un ouvrage. Transition heureuse, ingénieuse. Il passe sans transition d’un sujet à un autre. Les transitions doivent être ménagées. L’art des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 26transition — transitional, transitionary /tran zish euh ner ee, sish /, adj. transitionally, adv. /tran zish euhn, sish /, n. 1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from… …

    Universalium

  • 27transition — tran|si|tion W3 [trænˈzıʃən, ˈsı ] n [U and C] formal when something changes from one form or state to another transition from sth to sth ▪ the smooth transition from full time work to full retirement ▪ Making the transition from youth to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28transition — n. 1 a passing or change from one place, state, condition, etc., to another (an age of transition; a transition from plain to hills). 2 Mus. a momentary modulation. 3 Art a change from one style to another, esp. Archit. from Norman to Early… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29transition — /trænˈzɪʃən / (say tran zishuhn) noun 1. passage from one position, state, stage, etc., to another. 2. a passage or change of this kind. 3. Music a. a passing from one key to another; modulation. b. a brief or sudden modulation; a modulation used …

  • 30transition — I. noun Etymology: Latin transition , transitio, from transire Date: 1551 1. a. passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another ; change b. a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another 2. a. a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary