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transitioned

transitioned is the simple past and past participle of transition.

Meaning of transition

Verb

transition (third-person singular simple present transitions, present participle transitioning, simple past and past participle transitioned)

  1. (intransitive) To make a transition.
  2. (transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.
    • The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.
  3. (intransitive) To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.
    • Eric told me that after he transitioned, he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him.2006, Taylor J. Holder, All Points in Between: Shifting on the Scale of Sex and Gender, →ISBN

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Questions about transitioned

What is transitioned the simple past and past participle of?
Transitioned is the simple past and past participle of transition.

Words near transitioned in the dictionary

  1. transitionalities
  2. transitionality
  3. transitionally
  4. transitionalness
  5. transitionary
  6. transitioned
  7. transitioner
  8. transitioners
  9. transitioning
  10. transitionings
  11. transitionism

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