1. The act of passing from one state or place to the next
   "The company's transition to new leadership was smooth";
   - passage
    
2. A change from one place, state, subject or stage to another
   "The company underwent a smooth transition to new leadership"
    
3. An event that results in a transformation
   "The company underwent a transition to new management";
   - conversion, changeover
    
4. A musical passage moving from one key to another
   "The composer's skilful transition smoothly shifted the piece from C major to G major";
   - modulation
    
5. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows
   "The essay used smooth transitions between paragraphs"

1. 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"
    
2. Cause to convert or undergo a transition
   "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology"

Derived forms: transitions, transitioning, transitioned

Type of: alteration, change, change of state, convert, modification, musical passage, passage, shift, switch, transformation, transmutation

Encyclopedia: Transition