tradition

«tradition» in Mova's school dictionary: A custom, belief or way of doing things that has been… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tradition, traditions; tradition — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A custom, belief or way of doing things that has been passed down from older people to younger people for a long time. tree →

2) A thing a family or group always does at a certain time (a birthday tradition). tree →

3) The general way things have been done for a long time (by tradition). tree →

sense in the lessons

In culture, history and religious education lessons, pupils learn about traditions of many cultures and festivals: Christmas trees, Diwali lights, Lunar New Year, Thanksgiving dinner, Matariki, pancakes before Lent. Family traditions give belonging. Respecting other people's traditions is good manners. Phrases: family tradition, keep a tradition alive, by tradition, break with tradition, traditional (adjective).

examples

• It's a tradition in our family to have pancakes on Sunday mornings. tree →
• Carving pumpkins at Halloween is a tradition. tree →
• Every culture has its own traditions. tree →
• By tradition, the youngest child opens the first present. tree →
• Lighting candles at Diwali is an old tradition. tree →
• Our school has a tradition of planting a tree each year. tree →
• Grandma taught us traditions from her country. tree →
• This is probably another case of adapting one tradition to another. tree →

note

Countable (a tradition, traditions) and uncountable (by tradition). Adjective: traditional (traditional food). A tradition can be old and national or new and small, like a family game night.

In the corpora

• Hopak is a lively Ukrainian folk dance with big jumps and squat-kicks, linked to Cossack traditions.
• In Japan there is a tradition of folding 1,000 paper cranes for a wish.
• The Queen of Sheba visits him in the Bible; Arabic tradition calls her Bilqis, Kipling's Balkis.
• Families decide how to handle traditions like the tooth fairy or Father Christmas, so do not spoil them for younger children.
• Classmates may celebrate Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Hanukkah or Lunar New Year, and every family's traditions deserve the same respect.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tradition» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.