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]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Okay. What?! What are all you fish heads looking at anyway? I think we should go to other room. Sorry. All the people in this house are very traditional. Number . Never touch a Hmong person on the head, not even a child.. Hmong-people believe that the soul resides on the head. So, don't do that. (..)
    2008 Gran Torino
  • (..) Why is it being put back on me, all of this? He is the one who tried to steal my car ... all of the sudden I am a bad guy in this thing. Look my family is very traditional and would be very much upset if you don't let Tao repay. If you doesn't want to do it, then let's just go. Shut up! (..)
    2008 Gran Torino
  • (..) I'm on a great team. We're called the Prairie dogs. My friend, Mag, plays forward and my dad's the coach. Pretty much everyone in my family skates. It's kind of a family tradition. We go out on the lake almost every weekend. Or, we did. Till... I moved away. (..)
    2015 Inside Out