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transitional

transitional

54 4.7
Relating to a time of change from one state to another
  • adjective
  • /trænˈzɪʃənl/
translation icon : de transición
  • During this transitional period, many people are adapting to new laws and regulations.
  • a transitional period
  • transitional housing
  • a transitional government

Why do I, why do I bring this question of transitional justice framework?

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Examples

  • I like these because they feel transitional from like the winter months to spring.

  • Devereux is a safe transitional house for girls who have been through a lot and are looking for a fresh start.

  • Now we're going to see whether it can actually stay like that or whether this is a transitional moment, as I was saying earlier.

  • So I got some fall clothing items, some like transitional things from summer to fall.

  • Parents are required to hold a job at the time of entering the transitional housing program.

    Academic text (2011)
  • During this transitional period, $5 billion will be invested in health, education, and infrastructure.

  • Lithuanians understood that there must be a transitional stage before real independence can be achieved.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Semtech Steel has frozen all pension payments during this transitional period.

  • And interestingly enough, they immediately appointed him president of the Transitional Governing Council in Iraq.

  • The country is experiencing a transitional phase as it shifts from a monarchy to a democracy.

Synonyms

liminary
vstransitional
9.9

Near the edge between two stages, like childhood and adulthood

is the broader process of moving from one state to another
changing
vstransitional
2.4

Becoming different over time

focuses on a period or process between defined states rather than ongoing change

Antonyms

360 2.7

Stays the same over time

7 3.7

Stays the same over time

How Transitional

changing
2.4
transitional
54 4.7
interim
113 5.0
temporary
557 3.0
permanent
650 3.2

Surface Forms

transitional positive

Morphology

transitional = transition (transparent) = transition + al

Clear suffixation from transition + -al, with the adjective meaning directly expressing relation to change or transition.

Etymology

Transitional comes from the root trans- meaning 'across', the same idea you see in transit and transport, so imagine a bridge or a step between two places. That's why something transitional describes a period or state that is 'between' one thing and the next.