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Definition of transition

"transition" in the noun sense

1. passage, transition

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

2. conversion, transition, changeover

an event that results in a transformation

3. transition

a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

4. transition, modulation

a musical passage moving from one key to another

5. transition

a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

"transition" in the verb sense

1. transition

cause to convert or undergo a transition

"the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology"

2. transition

make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another

"The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"

"The adagio transitioned into an allegro"

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Quotations for transition

There is no Death! what seems so is transition:
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian
Whose portal we call Death. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

There is no death! What seems so is transition. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff. [ Novalis ]

Death is not an end, but a transition crisis. All the forms of decay are but masks of regeneration - the secret alembics of vitality. [ Chapin ]

What, after all, is heaven, but a transition from dim guesses and blind struggling with a mysterious and adverse fate to the fullness of all wisdom - from ignorance, in a word, to knowledge, but knowledge of what order? [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

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transition in Scrabble®

The word transition is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters transition:

TRANSITION
(99)
TRANSITION
(99)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

anoints, instant, intorts, introns, nations, nonarts, rations, rattons, station, straint, transit

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In transition

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transition in Words With Friends™

The word transition is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters transition:

TRANSITION
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

anoints, instant, intorts, introns, nations, nonarts, rations, rattons, station, straint, transit

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In transition

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2 letter words in transition (15 words)

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3 letter words in transition (30 words)

airaisantarsartinninsionitsnitnornosnotoaroatorsranratrotsatsinsirsitsonsottantartintontot

4 letter words in transition (42 words)

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5 letter words in transition (41 words)

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6 letter words in transition (24 words)

anionsanitisanointartistinstarintortintronnationnonartnotistotitisraisinrationratiosrattonstatinstrainstraittaintstaoisttarotstitanstrainstraits

7 letter words in transition (11 words)

anointsinstantintortsintronsnationsnonartsrationsrattonsstationstrainttransit

8 letter words in transition (1 word)

ostinati

9 letter words in transition (3 words)

nitrationnonartiststriation

10 letter words in transition (Anagrams) (2 words)

nitrationstransition

transition + 1 blank (2 words)

nonartistictransitions

transition + 2 blanks (18 words)

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Words containing the sequence transition

Words that start with transition (6 words)

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Words with transition in them (6 words)

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Words that end with transition (3 words)

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Word Growth involving transition

Shorter words in transition

on ion

an ran transit

it sit transit

Longer words containing transition

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