[C,U] a belief, custom or way of doing sth that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people; a set of these beliefs or customs:
religious / cultural / literary traditions * This region is steeped in folklore and tradition. * The company has a long tradition of fine design. * The British are said to love tradition (= to want to do things in the way they have always been done). * They broke with tradition (= did things differently) and got married quietly. * By tradition, children play tricks on 1 April. * There's a tradition in our family that we have a party on New Year's Eve. * He's a politician in the tradition of (= similar in style to) Kennedy.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is tradition a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, tradition is tagged as noun.
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