Transitional - English meaning

noun

The art or occupation of performing fictional roles in plays, films, or television.

Usage examples:

She studied acting in new york

adjective

Temporarily doing the duties of another person.

Usage examples:

The acting supervisor

verb

Take action; do something.

Usage examples:

They urged washington to act

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

Coins as opposed to banknotes.

Usage examples:

A handful of loose change

noun

The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

Usage examples:

The wiring is in good condition

verb

Have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something).

Usage examples:

National choices are conditioned by the international political economy

adjective

Concerned with the development of someone or something.

Usage examples:

Developmental problems

adjective

Relating to the process of growing or changing into a more advanced, larger, or stronger form

Usage examples:

The theory is in a developmental stage., the program offers adventures for people with developmenta…

adjective

Relating to or denoting the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms.

Usage examples:

Darwinian evolutionary theory

adjective

Relating to or resulting from the process of evolution

adjective

Developing a product, service, or process by making many gradual changes

Usage examples:

Evolutionary change/progress/development sustainable business development involves systematically c…

phrasal verb

Supply with information on a specific topic

phrasal verb

To do someone else’s job temporarily

Usage examples:

The gym teacher was sick today, so a substitute filled in for her., we filled her in on all the lat…

phrasal verb

To write or type information on a document in spaces that are provided for it

Usage examples:

Companies will encourage customers to fill in questionnaires about themselves., please print off a …

noun

A substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid.

Usage examples:

Body fluids

adjective

(of a substance) able to flow easily.

Usage examples:

The paint is more fluid than tube watercolours

noun

A substance that flows and is not solid

Usage examples:

[ u ] the doctor drained some fluid from her lungs., [ c ] dr. tay says i need rest and lots of flu…

noun

The intervening time.

Usage examples:

In the interim i'll just keep my fingers crossed

adjective

In or for the intervening period; provisional.

Usage examples:

An interim arrangement

adverb

Meanwhile.

adjective

Coming between two things in time, place, character, etc.

Usage examples:

An intermediate stage of development

noun

An intermediate thing.

Usage examples:

Since in evolutionary theory, fully fledged cells had to exist before viruses, the latter are not s…

verb

Act as intermediary; mediate.

Usage examples:

Groups which intermediated between the individual and the state

verb

Place or insert between one thing and another.

Usage examples:

She interposed herself between the newcomers

verb

Past simple and past participle of interpose

Usage examples:

The teacher interposed herself between the two snarling boys., [ + speech ] "i can't agree with you…

adjective

Extending or occurring between events.

Usage examples:

In the intervening years there were several unsuccessful attempts to renovate and reopen the building

verb

Take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.

Usage examples:

He acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute

idiom

To manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like

Usage examples:

We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes., you can't make him go if he doesn't want to., t…

noun

The point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something.

Usage examples:

She stood alone in the middle of the street

adjective

At an equal distance from the extremities of something; central.

Usage examples:

The early and middle part of life

verb

Short for middle term.

adverb

In or towards the middle of something.

Usage examples:

Peter came to a halt midway down the street

adjective

Situated in or towards the middle of something.

Usage examples:

He sensationally led the tournament at the midway point

noun

An area of sideshows or other amusements at a fair or exhibition.

Usage examples:

The kids head straight for the midway

adjective

Arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.

Usage examples:

Provisional bookings

noun

A provisional stamp.

Usage examples:

The new orleans 5c provisionals are the most common of the csa provisional stamps and the ones most…

adjective

For the present time but likely to change; temporary

Usage examples:

A provisional government, i was provisionally accepted at stanford.

adjective

Happening, existing, or continuing for only a little time

Usage examples:

Short-term interest rates are going down.

noun

→  short run

Usage examples:

These risks are short-term and manageable., stability involves balancing short-term and long-term o…

noun

A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need.

Usage examples:

Transplants are only a stopgap until more sophisticated alternatives can work

noun

Something that can be used until something better or more permanent can be obtained

Usage examples:

Housing the homeless in shelters has to be seen as a stopgap measure.

adjective

Lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.

Usage examples:

A temporary job

noun

A person employed on a temporary basis, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency.

Usage examples:

To gain flexibility, companies are bringing in temporaries or contracting out work

adjective

Lacking order or stability.

Usage examples:

An unsettled childhood

verb

Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb.

Usage examples:

The crisis has unsettled financial markets

adjective

Tending to change suddenly; not having a regular pattern

Usage examples:

Things are unsettled in the state’s political arena., the forecast is for unsettled weather, with m…