in transition

Currently being transformed

In transition describes something in the process of changing from one state, condition, or form to another.

A company in transition is restructuring.

A neighborhood in transition is shifting demographically or economically.

The phrase often signals uncertainty or incompleteness—things aren't settled yet.

Someone in transition may be changing careers, relocating, or undergoing gender transition.

Related

career change · relocation · revolution · progression · growth · growing pains · metamorphosis · unfolding · reform · displacement · navigation · flux · interim · coming of age · passage · liminal · in between · shift

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stability/permanence

in transitionstable

Secure and unchanging

permanent · fixed · constant · static · unchanging

completion/resolution

in transitionsettled

No longer in question

complete · finished · finalized · resolved · arrived

certainty/definition

in transitiondefinite

Clearly established, not vague

well-defined · certain · crystallized · determined · unambiguous

Family

transition, transit, transitive, transitional, transitionally, intransitive, transitory, transiting, transited

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G