TRANSITION Synonyms

• a musical passage moving from one key to another

• (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

• rise and fall of the voice pitch

• a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

• the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)

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

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

• a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event

• the action of changing something

• the result of alteration or modification

• the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due

• a thing that is different

• a different or fresh set of clothes

• coins of small denomination regarded collectively

• money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency

• a difference that is usually pleasant

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

• undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• change clothes; put on different clothes

• exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category

• give to, and receive from, one another

• change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

• become deeper in tone

• remove or replace the coverings of

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

• the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

• a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

• a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• slightly modified copy; not an exact copy

• the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

• the act of deciding to do something

• the act of changing your residence or place of business

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

• move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

• change residence, affiliation, or place of employment

• follow a procedure or take a course

• be in a state of action

• go or proceed from one point to another

• perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• give an incentive for action

• arouse sympathy or compassion in

• dispose of by selling

• progress by being changed

• live one's life in a specified environment

• have a turn; make one's move in a game

• propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

• a series with a definite pattern of advance

• a movement forward

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• a qualitative change

• the time period during which you are at work

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• the act of moving from one place to another

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

• the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

• make a shift in or exchange of

• change place or direction

• move around

• move very slightly

• move from one setting or context to another

• change in quality

• move and exchange for another

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• move abruptly

• use a shift key on a keyboard

• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• change gears

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

• an event in which one thing is substituted for another

• hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

• railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

• a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

• a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• make a shift in or exchange of

• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

• flog with or as if with a flexible rod

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

• the act of moving something from one location to another

• someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another

• the act of transferring something from one form to another

• a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

• application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

• transferring ownership

• transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

• move from one place to another

• lift and reset in another soil or situation

• move around

• cause to change ownership

• change from one vehicle or transportation line to another

• send from one person or place to another

• shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes

• transfer from one place or period to another

• a qualitative change

• (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

• a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

• (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

• a uniform movement without rotation

• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

• (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same

• (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

• rewording something in less technical terminology

• the act of uniform movement

• an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

• a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished

• something a little different from others of the same type

• an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard

• the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north

• the process of varying or being varied

• (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)

• (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

• (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure

• the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard

• an event that results in a transformation