transition
noun [C or U] /trænˈzɪʃ.ən/Definition
C2 a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens: The health-care system is in transition at the moment. There will be an interim government to oversee the transition to democracy.Change and changes
(Definition of transition noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment noun (CHANGE)
- alteration noun
- blip noun
- changeover noun
- conversion noun (CHANGE)
- flux noun (CHANGE)
- movement noun (CHANGE OPINION)
- movement noun (PROGRESS)
- paradigm shift noun
- perversion noun
- rearrangement noun
- regime change noun
- reversal noun
- shift noun (CHANGE)
- transformation noun
- turnabout noun
- turnaround noun (BIG CHANGE)
- variation noun (CHANGE)
- vicissitudes noun
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