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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 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