transition
/trænˈzɪʃ·ən/ n [C/U]Definition
› the process of changing, or a change from one form or condition to another: [U] It was a neighborhood in transition from Jewish to Italian with a sprinkling of Irish. [C] Retirement is a big transition. › literature, music A transition is also a link between ideas or sections in a work of literature or music. transitional /trænˈzɪʃ·ə·nəl/ adj [not gradable] › We’re in a transitional period right now, and no one knows what to expect.
(Definition of transition n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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