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Traditional Trəˈdɪʃənl America Eat Turkey Thanksgiving Day Methods

Word traditional
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / trəˈdɪʃənl / NAmE / trəˈdɪʃənl /
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  • traditional dress
  • it's traditional in america to eat turkey on thanksgiving day.
  • traditional values
  • traditional methods of teaching
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traditional

(adjective)BrE / trəˈdɪʃənl / NAmE / 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
    • It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
    • traditional values
  2. following older methods and ideas rather than modern or different ones
    • synonym conventional
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conventional
    • traditional methods of teaching
    • Their marriage is very traditional.

    Extra Examples

    • a bold but essentially traditional design
    • Candidates may use traditional book format dictionaries or electronic ones.
    • Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish.
    • I’m a very traditional guy.
    • It’s traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
    • Many teachers were rejecting traditional approaches to learning.
    • Most of the buildings are in the traditional style.
    • She had a very traditional ambition: to marry her childhood sweetheart.
    • The artists wanted to break with traditional conventions.
    • The band plays traditional Celtic music.
    • They watched the Emperor perform the traditional ceremonies.
    • Traditional attitudes to divorce were changing.
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