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transitioning

transitioning is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

transitioning (plural transitionings)

  1. An act of transition; a change of state.

Forms of transitioning

pluraltransitionings

Words formed from transitioning

Questions about transitioning

What does transitioning mean?
Transitioning means an act of transition; a change of state.
What is transitioning the present participle and gerund of?
Transitioning is the present participle and gerund of transition.
What part of speech is transitioning?
Transitioning is a noun.
What is the plural of transitioning?
The plural of transitioning is transitionings.

Words near transitioning in the dictionary

  1. transitionalness
  2. transitionary
  3. transitioned
  4. transitioner
  5. transitioners
  6. transitioning
  7. transitionings
  8. transitionism
  9. transitionist
  10. transitionists
  11. transitionless

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