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transition year

transition year noun: an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.

Noun

transition year (plural transition years)

  1. An optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.
  2. A student currently doing a transition year.
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Synonyms of transition year

Forms of transition year

pluraltransition years

Origin of transition year

transition + year

Questions about transition year

What does transition year mean?
Transition year means an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.
What part of speech is transition year?
Transition year is a noun.
What is the plural of transition year?
The plural of transition year is transition years.

Words near transition year in the dictionary

  1. transition temperatures
  2. transition time
  3. transition times
  4. transition town
  5. transition towns
  6. transition year
  7. transition years
  8. transition zone
  9. transition zones
  10. transitionable
  11. transitional

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