transitionaryadj.
/tranˈzɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, /trɑːnˈzɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, /tranˈsɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, /trɑːnˈsɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, /tranˈsɪʒn̩(ə)ri/, /trɑːnˈsɪʒn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /trænˈzɪʃəˌnɛri/ Of or relating to transition; characterized by or involving transition or change; intermediate; = transitional adj. a.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [adjective]
transitory1592
transitive1660
transitional1663
transitionary1685
gradual1692
gradative1840
gradational1842
unabrupt1865
liminala1916
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xxi. 181 This third Introductory Vision is a kind of Transitionary Introduction to the Opened Book-Prophecy.
1737 T. Collins Rubrick Church of Eng. 76 There seems to be the more Occasion for the Intervention of Psalmody, not only by Way of a transitionary Relief.
1827 Examiner 7 Oct. 630/2 The rapid, elastic, transitionary style of this actor.
1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1864) I. viii. 472 The transitionary state which France began to enter.
1900 Literature 14 July 28/1 The Induction..is essentially of a transitionary character.
1955 A. H. Richmond Colour Probl. v. 264 The coloured settlements in east London..act as a transitionary stage in the immigrants' assimilation.
2018 Times of India (Nexis) 8 Mar. Healthier life spans are enabling people to work longer, creating a new transitionary stage of life between work and retirement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1685