{
    "term": "transition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another",
            "sensetop": "transition from something to somethingtransition to somethingtransition from somethingtransition between A and Bin transition",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the transition from school to full-time work",
                    "contextForm": "transition from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will remain head of state during the period of **transition to democracy**.",
                    "contextForm": "transition to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only after he stepped down could a genuine transition from dictatorship begin.",
                    "contextForm": "transition from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a three-year **transition period**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has not met with the transition team members."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company was slow to **make the transition** from paper to computer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to ensure a **smooth transition** between the old system and the new one.",
                    "contextForm": "transition between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This course is useful for students who are in transition from one training programme to another.",
                    "contextForm": "in transition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her transition from child star to movie mogul was complete."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is in transition from an agricultural to an industrial society."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abrupt", "rapid", "sudden"],
                "verb + transition": ["bring about", "complete", "make"],
                "transition + verb": ["occur", "take place", "be complete"],
                "transition + noun": ["period", "process", "phase"],
                "preposition": [
                    "during (the) transition",
                    "in transition",
                    "transition between"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a period of transition",
                    "a time of transition",
                    "a process of transition"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of starting to live your life as a person of a different sex, to match your gender identity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wrote to co-workers announcing her transition and asking them to refer to her with female pronouns."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tr/transition/transition__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tr/transition/transition__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin transitio(n-), from transire ‘go across’."
}