noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
UK:/tɹɑːnˈzɪ.ʃən/
UK:/-sɪ-/
UK:/-ʒən/
US:/tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/
US:/-sɪ-/
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rhymes with -ɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:T R AE0 N Z IH1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Holonym: metadiscourse
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A change of key.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: some sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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8
noun
Meaning 8
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skating, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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10
noun
Meaning 10
The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gender transition
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 11
A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract