{
    "term": "tradition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "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",
            "sensetop": "a tradition of somethingby traditionaccording to traditionin the tradition of somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**religious/cultural/ancient traditions**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This region is steeped in tradition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has a **long tradition** of fine design.",
                    "contextForm": "a tradition of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has **continued its tradition** of innovation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The British are said to love tradition (= to want to do things in the way they have always been done)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **broke with tradition** *(= did things differently)* and got married quietly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By tradition, children play tricks on 1 April.",
                    "contextForm": "by tradition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to tradition, a tree grew on this spot.",
                    "contextForm": "according to tradition"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a tradition in our family that we have a party on New Year's Eve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a politician in the tradition of *(= similar in style to)* Kennedy.",
                    "contextForm": "in the tradition of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a native culture expressed almost wholly through an **oral tradition** *(= that is only spoken and not written down)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is motivated by a family tradition of charity and good works."
                },
                {
                    "text": "his country's rich folk traditions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His work has earned him a central place in the African American **literary tradition**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By tradition, ships are often referred to as ‘she’ in English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Following in the Hitchcock tradition, he always appears in the films he directs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He broke with the family tradition and did not go down the mines."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a departure from tradition, the bride wore a red dress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made it clear he was not going to be bound by tradition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In time-honoured tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It became an annual tradition for me to ice the cake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Japan's rich cultural tradition and history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building was constructed in the best traditions of church architecture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The girl had challenged the traditions of her patriarchal tribe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The locals get together every year to keep this age-old tradition alive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tradition dates back to the 16th century."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have inherited a rich tradition of music and dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This region has a great musical tradition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an oral tradition handed down from generation to generation"
                },
                {
                    "text": "people of all faith traditions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Brittany has a lively and very distinctive sense of tradition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Germany has a tradition of good quality newspapers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He decided not to follow the family tradition of joining the navy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This year there will be a break with tradition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Punjabi have a proud military tradition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is carrying on the family tradition of public service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This approach is in keeping with a long tradition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["age-old", "ancient", "centuries-old"],
                "verb + tradition": ["have", "become", "cherish"],
                "tradition + verb": ["continue", "die hard", "exist"],
                "preposition": [
                    "according to (a/​the) tradition",
                    "by tradition",
                    "in (a/​the) tradition"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "bound by tradition",
                    "a departure from tradition",
                    "in the best traditions of something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trəˈdɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tr/tradition/tradition__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trəˈdɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tr/tradition/tradition__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French tradicion, or from Latin traditio(n-), from tradere ‘deliver, betray’, from trans- ‘across’ + dare ‘give’."
}