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transitional

/tɹænˈzɪʃənəl/

transitional adjective: of, or relating to a transition.

Adjective

transitional (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to a transition
    • transitional justice
    • These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway...1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223
  2. temporary; pending the implementation of something new
    • XHTML 1.0 Transitional

transitional meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

transitional in Hindi

of or relating to a transition
माध्यमिक mādhyamik

transitional in Tamil

இடைக்கால, இடைநிலை, நடுநிலை, நிலைமாறுபடுகின்ற

transitional in Urdu

عبوری

transitional in Malayalam

intermediate, interim, changeover
ഇടയ്ക്കുള്ള, മദ്ധ്യേയുള്ള, ഇടയ്ക്കു സംഭവിക്കുന്ന, പരിവർത്തനഘട്ടത്തിലുള്ള, ഇടക്കാലത്തുള്ള, പുതിയ അവസ്ഥയിലേക്കു മാറുന്ന
temporary, interim, provisional
ഇടക്കാല, തൽക്കാലത്തേക്കുള്ള, അല്പകാലത്തേക്കുള്ള, തൽക്കാലാവശ്യത്തിനുള്ള, ഇടക്കാലത്തേക്കുള്ള, താൽക്കാലിക
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transitional in Kannada
ಸಂಧಿಕಾಲದ, ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯ, ಅವಸ್ಥಾ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆಯ

Examples of transitional in a sentence

  • In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.
  • Adjacent phytochoria do not usually have a sharp boundary, but rather a soft one, a transitional area in which many species from both regions overlap.
  • This tactic—and naming the party after the founder—is presented as a transitional solution to avoid immediate infighting.

All 26 example sentences with transitional

Synonyms of transitional

Origin of transitional

From transition + -al.

Words formed from transitional

Phrases with transitional

Questions about transitional

What does transitional mean?
Transitional means of, or relating to a transition.
What is transitional in Hindi?
Transitional in Hindi is माध्यमिक (mādhyamik). See Transitional meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is transitional?
Transitional is an adjective.
How do you pronounce transitional?
Transitional is pronounced /tɹænˈzɪʃənəl/ (US).

Words near transitional in the dictionary

  1. transition year
  2. transition years
  3. transition zone
  4. transition zones
  5. transitionable
  6. transitional
  7. transitional deacon
  8. transitional deacons
  9. transitional epithelia
  10. transitional epithelium
  11. transitional epitheliums

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: transitional (page history and authors); transitional (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transitional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transitional (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); transitional (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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