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pretransition

pretransition adjective: before a transition; pretransitional.

Adjective

pretransition (not comparable)

  1. Before a transition; pretransitional.
    • A third important issue was how to phase out widespread special privileges — dating from the pretransition period — for listed groups of persons below the prereform minimum pension ages of 55 for women and 60 for men.2006, Robert Holzmann, Edward Palmer, Pension Reform: Issues and Prospects for Non-Financial Defined Contribution (NDC) Schemes (page 398)

Origin of pretransition

From pre- + transition.

Questions about pretransition

What does pretransition mean?
Pretransition means before a transition; pretransitional.
What part of speech is pretransition?
Pretransition is an adjective.

Words near pretransition in the dictionary

  1. pretransformations
  2. pretransformed
  3. pretransforming
  4. pretransforms
  5. pretransfusion
  6. pretransition
  7. pretransitional
  8. pretranslation
  9. pretranslational
  10. pretranslations
  11. pretranslator

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