Meanings
- not comparableof, or relating to a transition
transitional justice
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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 systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women.
1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223 - not comparabletemporary; pending the implementation of something new
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Synonyms: provisional, provisory
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetemporary; pending the implementation of something new
Origin
- Middle Frenchtransition
- Englishtransition
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishtransitional
From transition + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian преходен, промеждутъчен
- преходен (prehoden)of or relating to a transition
- промеждутъчен (promeždutăčen)temporary; pending the implementation of something new
Catalan transitori, transitori
- transitoriof or relating to a transition
- transitoritemporary; pending the implementation of something new
Czech přechodný
- přechodnýof or relating to a transition
Dutch overgangs-, transitorisch
- overgangs-of or relating to a transition
- transitorischof or relating to a transition
- provisorischtemporary; pending the implementation of something new
- provisoirtemporary; pending the implementation of something new
- tijdelijktemporary; pending the implementation of something new
- voorlopigtemporary; pending the implementation of something new
French transitoire, provisoire
- transitoireof or relating to a transition
- provisoiretemporary; pending the implementation of something new
- temporairetemporary; pending the implementation of something new
German Übergangs-, vorläufig
- Übergangs-of or relating to a transition
- vorläufigtemporary; pending the implementation of something new
- übergangsweisetemporary; pending the implementation of something new
Hindi माध्यमिक
- माध्यमिक (mādhyamik)of or relating to a transition
Romanian tranzițional
- tranziționalof or relating to a transition
Russian перехо́дный, перехо́дный
- перехо́дный (perexódnyj)of or relating to a transition
- перехо́дный (perexódnyj)temporary; pending the implementation of something new
- первонача́льный (pervonačálʹnyj)temporary; pending the implementation of something new
Spanish transicional
- transicionalof or relating to a transition
Cite this entry
transitional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitional
“transitional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transitional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitional.
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