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Grammar : Adj
Spell : tran-zish-uhn, -sish-
Phonetic Transcription : trænˈzɪʃ ən, -ˈsɪʃ-

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Définition of transitional

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin transitionem (nominative transitio) "a going across or over," noun of action from past participle stem of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
  • As in intermediate : adj middle, in-between
  • As in provisional : adj contingent, tentative
  • As in changeable : adj erratic
Example sentences :
  • Inside there is a good deal of transitional Norman work to be seen.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • First came what I hold to have been the transitional stage of the mother-age.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Hermaphroditism must be regarded as a temporary or transitional form.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • So far we have only spoken of complete inversion; but there are transitional stages.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Her brother raised his finger; it was the transitional passage on the drum.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • But he was the poet of a time of transition, and his temper is transitional.
  • Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) » by John Richard Green
  • These are but transitional and imperfect aspects of Reality.
  • Extract from : « Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge » by Alexander Philip
  • There is not in it the slightest mixture of any Transitional details.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely » by W. D. Sweeting
  • Adolf Scherer might be said to represent a transitional type.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • The Jewish Company is an organization with a transitional character.
  • Extract from : « The Jewish State » by Theodor Herzl

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