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tradition

Definition

  • noun: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom)
  • noun: a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family, society, etc., for a long time
  • used to say that someone has qualities which are like the qualities of another well-known person or group of people from the past
  • synonyms: delivery, folklore, sunna

Examples

  • He studied the Anglo-Saxon 'oral tradition'. [=the stories, beliefs, etc., that a group of people shared by telling stories and talking to each other]

  • My dad and granddad were both carpenters, and my brother is 'carrying on the tradition'. [=my brother is also a carpenter]

  • The cheese is made according to 'tradition'. [=made in way that has been used for many years; made in the traditional way]

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