Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TRANSITIONAL
TRANSITIONAL Tran *si "tion *al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
New American Oxford Dictionary
transitional
tran si tion al |tranˈziSHənl trænˈzɪʃənl | ▶adjective relating to or characteristic of a process or period of transition: a transitional government was appointed. • ( Transitional ) Architecture of or denoting the last stage of Romanesque style, in which Gothic elements begin to appear. DERIVATIVES tran si tion al ly |-SHənlē |adverb
Oxford Dictionary
transitional
tran |si ¦tion ¦al |tranˈzɪʃ (ə )n (ə )l, -ˈsɪʃ -| ▶adjective relating to or characteristic of a process or period of transition: a transitional government was appointed. • ( Transitional ) Architecture of or denoting the last stage of Romanesque style, in which Gothic elements begin to appear. DERIVATIVES transitionally adverb
American Oxford Thesaurus
transitional
transitional adjective 1 a transitional period: changeover, interim; changing, fluid, in flux, unsettled, intermediate, liminal. 2 the transitional government: interim, temporary, provisional, pro tem, acting, caretaker.
Oxford Thesaurus
transitional
transitional adjective 1 we will need assistance in the transitional period: intermediate, middle, midway, intervening, interposed; fluid, unsettled; changing, developmental, evolutionary. ANTONYMS initial, final. 2 the transitional government: interim, temporary, provisional, pro tem, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, make-do, acting, conditional, caretaker, working, contingent, makeshift. ANTONYMS permanent.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
transitional
tran s í tion al /-n (ə )l /形容詞 比較なし 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 移り変わる, 移行の 〈期間 段階など 〉.2 過渡期の, 移行期の 〈政府など 〉.~ly 副詞