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Traditional Trəˈdɪʃənl Long Part Adjective Dress/Music/Art/Culture/Dance America Eat

Word3 traditional
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /trəˈdɪʃənl/ /trəˈdɪʃənl/
Example
  • traditional dress/music/art/culture/dance
  • it's traditional in america to eat turkey on thanksgiving day.
  • traditional values/practices/beliefs
  • acupuncture has long been a part of traditional chinese medicine.
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traditional

(adjective)/trəˈdɪʃənl/ /trəˈdɪʃənl/
  1. being part of the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of people, that have not changed for a long time
    • traditional dress/music/art/culture/dance
    • It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
    • traditional values/practices/beliefs
    • Acupuncture has long been a part of traditional Chinese medicine.
    • Janet makes cheese by traditional methods.
    • Cinema poses a threat to traditional art forms.

    Extra Examples

    • Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish.
    • Most of the buildings are in the traditional style.
    • The band plays traditional Celtic music.
    • They watched the Emperor perform the traditional ceremonies.
  2. following older methods and ideas rather than modern or different ones
    • SYNONYM conventional
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conventional
    • a traditional method/way of doing something
    • traditional methods of teaching
    • a traditional approach/view
    • Their marriage is very traditional.
    • the traditional female role of homemaker
    • He was raised in a traditional patriarchal family.

    Extra Examples

    • Candidates may use traditional book format dictionaries or electronic ones.
    • I'm a very traditional guy.
    • She had a very traditional ambition: to marry her childhood sweetheart.
    • The artists wanted to break with traditional conventions.
    • Traditional attitudes to divorce were changing.
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