tradition
noun/trəˈdɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable]Слово англійською: tradition
Переклад tradition українською: тради́ція
Детальний опис
- a belief, custom or way of doing something that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people; a set of these beliefs or customs
- religious/cultural/ancient traditions
- This region is steeped in tradition.
- a tradition of something The company has a long tradition of fine design.
- The company has continued its tradition of innovation.
- The British are said to love tradition (= to want to do things in the way they have always been done).
- They broke with tradition (= did things differently) and got married quietly.
- by tradition By tradition, children play tricks on 1 April.
- according to tradition According to tradition, a tree grew on this spot.
- There's a tradition in our family that we have a party on New Year's Eve.
- in the tradition of somebody He's a politician in the tradition of (= similar in style to) Kennedy.
- a native culture expressed almost wholly through an oral tradition (= that is only spoken and not written down)
- He is motivated by a family tradition of charity and good works.
- his country's rich folk traditions
- His work has earned him a central place in the African American literary tradition.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French tradicion, or from Latin traditio(n-), from tradere ‘deliver, betray’, from trans- ‘across’ + dare ‘give’.