transition
/tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place."
- "In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived."
- "So, depending on how he chooses to govern over the next four years, Mr. Obama may yet have a chance to reset the stale debate in Washington, or at least to hasten the transition from one moment to the next. His re-election opens the door further for the post-’60s generation, even if it does not quite clear the room."
- "Holonym: metadiscourse"
- "The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences."
- "The LED lights up her face as she watches the YouTube video of a goth girl in New Orleans again. Nobody could tell to look at her. She has a year-long film of her transition and at the end of it she has black lips and long hair and she is hot."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁ey-, transition, transitio
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/
- British English: /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.