tradition
pronunciation
How to pronounce tradition in British English:
UK [trəˈdɪʃn]
How to pronounce tradition in American English:
US [trəˈdɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- an inherited pattern of thought or action
- a specific practice of long standing
Word Origin
- tradition (n.)
- late 14c., "statement, belief, or practice handed down from generation to generation," especially "belief or practice based on Mosaic law," from Old French tradicion "transmission, presentation, handing over" (late 13c.) and directly from Latin traditionem (nominative traditio) "delivery, surrender, a handing down, a giving up," noun of action from past participle stem of tradere "deliver, hand over," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). The word is a doublet of treason (q.v.). Meaning "a long-established custom" is from 1590s. The notion is of customs, ways, beliefs, doctrines, etc. "handed down" from one generation to the next. "Nobody can make a tradition; it takes a century to make it." [Hawthorne, "Septimius Felton," 1872]
Example
- 1. I could feel a tradition in the making .
- 2. And that was a longtime chicago tradition .
- 3. One of the great things about the vampire tradition is that you make it your own .
- 4. Mobile courts are a venerable tradition too .
- 5. It is simply a village tradition .