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[truh-dish-uh-nl]

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adjective

of or pertaining to tradition.

handed down by tradition.

in accordance with tradition.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the older styles of jazz, especially New Orleans style, Chicago style, Kansas City style, and Dixieland. Compare mainstream (def. 4).

Also, tra·di·tion·ar·y

[truh-dish-uh-ner-ee] (for defs. 1–3).

Origin:
1585–95; < Medieval Latin trāditiōnālis. See tradition, -al¹

Related forms

tra·di·tion·al·i·ty, noun

tra·di·tion·al·ly, adverb

an·ti·tra·di·tion·al, adjective

an·ti·tra·di·tion·al·ly, adverb

non·tra·di·tion·al, adjective

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non·tra·di·tion·al·ly, adverb

non·tra·di·tion·ar·y, adjective

pre·tra·di·tion·al, adjective

pro·tra·di·tion·al, adjective

qua·si-tra·di·tion·al, adjective

qua·si-tra·di·tion·al·ly, adverb

sem·i·tra·di·tion·al, adjective

sem·i·tra·di·tion·al·ly, adverb

un·tra·di·tion·al, adjective

un·tra·di·tion·al·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
1, 2. conventional, customary, established.

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In a traditional pension system, the employer promises a certain benefit, then must find a way to pay for it.

I've used it myself to defend the traditional bookish culture of libraries.

But the internet unbundles the traditional newspaper, potentially undermining this model.

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In a traditional pension system, the employer promises a certain benefit, then must find a way to pay for it.

I've used it myself to defend the traditional bookish culture of libraries.

But the internet unbundles the traditional newspaper, potentially undermining this model.

Young men tempt their female judges with heavy makeup, ceremonial garb, and a traditional dance called the yaake.

The choice to wear traditional garb affects boys and girls differently.

Authenticity is an important consideration when shopping for traditional wool-on-wool carpets.

Celebrate spring with a tasty menu of traditional favorites.

Predictions of traditional media's demise are greatly exaggerated.

Stargazing has increasingly become an alternative to traditional after-sundown dining and drinking at hotels and resorts.

If you've been to a traditional humanities conference, you know what a soul-crushing experience it can be.

And it can immediately be put to use in a way that traditional firms cannot match.

International audiences have mostly heard the roots pop and traditional folk music acts featured on this site.

In place of a traditional headstone, for example, a tree might be planted over the grave.

Naples is the traditional home of pizza and a place where people take their food seriously.

New ceiling beams evoke the look of traditional coffers.

No, it's a joke that recontextualizes and deconstructs traditional humor through the application of hypertechnological techniques.

The traditional subject of the tug of war over language and perception is color.

Some colleges are sticking with a traditional model but looking for ways to build more lab with less money.

Many blame these changes on the decay of traditional mores.

Sunlight enters a traditional ger through gaps in the roof.

Traditional story setups might hinder math learning.

Kennedy was the last president to wear the traditional stovetop hat to his inauguration.

Still the focal point of many interior living spaces, the latest fireplaces look anything but traditional.

Gene vaccines borrow from both traditional vaccinology and gene therapy.

The companies that make traditional textbooks have been increasing their custom-publishing offerings as well.

The internet was supposed to batter traditional retailers.

Bushmen still resort to traditional medicine when they fall ill, and only when that fails do they come to the clinic.

Traditional information may be electronically contaminated.

Others worry about the effects on traditional ways of life.

Update traditional place settings with a casual, colorful new take.

That's far different from traditional search engines which all index and search the public web.

But traditional college students are not disappearing.

The bottom line: reports of the death of the traditional advertising cycle may be much exaggerated.

Desert sands stretch out beyond a woman in colorful traditional dress and jewelry.

Installing a traditional form of insulation would be the first defense.

Hot and sour soup is a spicier and zingier cousin of the traditional egg flower soup.

Pumpkin house numbers are a surprising twist on the traditional jack-o'-lantern.

And the traditional remedial-English curriculum is not going to help them much.

The fight between proponents of marriage equality and defenders of traditional matrimony is nothing if not a morality play.

Try glazing the mackerel fillet with a traditional hoisin-based sauce or a little lemon juice mixed with honey or maple syrup.

Unlike many traditional power sources, wind cannot be accessed on demand.

Scientists have endowed the traditional plant with new genes that pack the equivalent of a daily multivitamin into each serving.

Traditional bamboo sushi mats make rolling easy, but sheets of plastic wrap work surprisingly well.

Sixty percent of the students are traditional college age.

Some traditional property developers are drawing inspiration from this sort of thing.

Everyone in her town wears the traditional clothing, traje, that they have worn for centuries.

The traditional lie detector, the polygraph, has existed for many years.

Xeriscapes generally require less maintenance, fertilizer, and pest control than traditional landscapes.

Under the traditional system, companies hired graduates and then invested heavily in their training and development.

Quantum particles continue to behave in ways traditional particles do not.

And a traditional white-collar working day makes it hard to pick up the kids from school.

Rather, scientific studies will complement traditional understandings and help us encourage moral courage and basic human decency.

Government agencies struggle to operate beyond their traditional remits.

At the time he publicly declared to support traditional values.

To begin with, in place of traditional sauce, fresh ground tomatoes are.

New learning technologies prompt a rethinking of traditional course structure.

Traditional acupuncturists believe they are regulating the flow.

Locals with a long history of traditional stewardship of resources are now conducting fisheries.

Whether they're strapping on traditional or high-tech footgear, snowshoers are mushing into winter.

Try these wolly pockets, a modern take on traditional garden baskets, to hang your plants in style.

It seems that the world has finally discovered that the traditional camera strap is neither comfortable nor practical.

Paul's contests, three of them renewals of traditional rivairies, today's.

Not all traditional societies show a marked preference for sons over daughters.

Rhino horn has been an essential ingredient in traditional chinese medicine for centuries.

The scans accord with recent research and contradict the traditional theory that thujone is absinthe's magic ingredient.

Tanzania's government officially banned traditional healers last week in an attempt to stop the killing of albinos for medicine.

Yet publishers say their cheaper options-electronic versions of traditional texts-aren't selling.

Traditional companies, mostly public already, are lucky if they can offer any upside at all.

Both nonprofits train impoverished women how to make traditional handicrafts, and items are sold in shops on the main floor.

Motors may not have much to do with traditional surfing, but then neither do arm-flailing and sucking wind.

Here is a glimpse of how some traditional and some more modern family.

Online learning can cost more than traditional education.

But traditional corpora have their disadvantages too.

But farming no longer brings in enough money to support a family, and traditional ideas are changing.

If there are indeed many identical copies of you, the traditional notion of determinism evaporates.

It's traditional to dip apples in honey to symbolize the hope for a sweet year ahead, a practice of.

Go beyond the traditional ground beef with these super-tasty taco recipes.

We're working on a combustion system that's not traditional diesel combustion but not spark-ignition combustion either.

Charter schools operate with thousands of dollars less per student than traditional public schools, according to a new study.

If you can learn only one, learn traditional, but better to learn both traditional and simplified.

So it is ironic that the next great opportunity for traditional drugs firms is to do to the.

Modern society has both retained traditional rituals and accepted new ones.

Wine's beneficial effects on heart health depend more on the traditional vintner's art than the wonder molecule resveratrol.

Perhaps the touch revolution will extend beyond tablets and smartphones and onto our traditional computers.

But the crimes of which he is accused are far from traditional.

Any candidate who used traditional muti, or supernatural powers, to intimidate voters.

Now researchers are hoping the graceful automaton can help preserve traditional dances as human performers fade.

The traditional view of proteins is that, right after being synthesized, they must fold into a unique shape to function properly.

Traditional wicker furniture is subject to cracking, aging and decay as it is crafted of wood.

Traditional methods for catching a fibber have been battered by scientific study.

Findings suggested traditional news sites were typically ahead of blogs by two and a half hours when a story line spread.

Switzerland's higher-education system is made up primarily of traditional universities and universities of applied sciences.

Hamel took corporate strategy away from the precision of traditional planning.

Traditional sterling silver earrings with gleaming faceted garnets.

Versatile bamboo provides a green and renewable alternative to traditional bike metals.

It redefined modern dance, adding energy, robustness and physicality to traditional restrained moves.

The kitchen also offers traditional open hearth wood-fired cooking enabling the preparation of everything from pizza to chicken.

But some students and faculty remain unconvinced current e-textbooks present a compelling alternative to traditional textbooks.

Here the traditional beast of burden becomes a pampered.

Their traditional norms include waddling around naked and regurgitating the kids' lunch.

Portland offers up a vast array of culture that varies from traditional to bohemian.

But unlike birds smoked the slow traditional way, this.

As in a traditional video game, players navigate a virtual.

Three-fifths of them now live in the cities rather than their traditional rural communities.

Four generations serving kuru fasülye, a traditional dish of white beans stewed with lamb and served with rice.

In their approach, being modern implies not only a lack of traditional beliefs but also a need for free expression.

Taking off your belt is a liberating move demonstrating a fresh approach to a traditional problem.

Haemonetics' needle is thinner than traditional needles and donors report that it's more comfortable.

Traditional methods for cooling gases to close to absolute zero work only with a few of the elements.

At its heart this remains a deeply traditional society.

It prefers slightly less water and a little more shade than traditional impatiens.

The biggest challenge for humanities scholars in the digital age isn't how to rework traditional forms of scholarship.

The traditional pillars of its economy-farming, tourism and finance-are all doing well.

Traditional crops and farming methods could not sustain that much productivity.

We've all seen a traditional electrically powered trash compactor.

It's far less expensive that traditional phones, and if you have it installed on.

Traditional methods of vaccine design depend a lot on trial and error.

Traditional canoe sheds, or hale wa‘a, were built close to the water for easy access.

Click ahead for a look at how the traditional cottage garden can morph to fit your own personal gardening style.

The researchers hope it will be more helpful than traditional techniques of nutritional genetic modification.

China is also adding copious amounts of traditional track and upgrading lines, mostly intended for freight.

For starters, because their heat waves are concentrated on the food, microwaves cook and heat much faster than traditional ovens.

Tiwa-speaking people maintain their traditional way of life and do not use electricity or plumbing.

Instead of having a traditional bridal shower, she wanted to spend the day serving our community.

The experience, however, is still slightly awkward compared to typing with a traditional computer keyboard.

Advertisers believe that about half of all traditional advertising does not reach the right audience.

Its effects are more subtle and consistent than traditional pill-popping or daily injections.

His method, she says, is safer and more humane than traditional breaking-and it produces a happier horse.

Four generations share a traditional rustic menu at their annual celebration more.

The two have been highly successful at spotting shortcomings in traditional accounting procedures and suggesting improvements.

Crumble crunchy won tons into this twist on a traditional salmon salad for a crisp texture.

Traditional mores say that texting when you're with someone is rude.

Many faculty members say it takes more time to develop and teach online courses than traditional ones.

Don't be afraid to introduce bright red to a traditional home.

Somewhere out there is an ambitious but frugal high-school graduate who wants to avoid a traditional college path.

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World English Dictionary

traditional (trəˈdɪʃən^əl)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or being a tradition
2.	of or relating to the style of jazz originating in New Orleans, characterized by collective improvisation by a front line of trumpet, trombone, and clarinet accompanied by various rhythm instruments

traditionality

—n

tra'ditionally

—*adv*

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