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[ adjective ] of or relating to or characterized by transition
Examples "adolescence is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)We are in a transitional stage in which many_of the connotations of former usage have had_to be revised or rejected . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)For_example , in accordance with the fashion of the times , most transitional societies have announced economic development plans of varying numbers of years ; such is the mystique of planning that people expect that fulfillment of the plan will follow automatically upon its announcement . Efforts such_as the Community_Development_Program in the Philippines have demonstrated that transitional societies can work toward balanced national development . Related terms |
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