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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Traditional \Tra*di"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.] Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality" [ant: nontraditional ] pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a traditional ceremony ▪ The tribe still practise many of their traditional ceremonies. a traditional Christmas ▪ Mum likes to have a traditional Christmas for all the family. a traditional custom ▪ The children ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Traditional is the second compilation album by the country rock band the Desert Rose Band , released in 1993. It compromises of 10 country songs from the band's previous albums, that were never released as singles. The compilation was not a commercial success. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures. 2 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "observing traditions;" c.1600, "handed down as tradition," from tradition + -al (1). In reference to jazz, from 1950. Related: Traditionally ; traditionalist .
Usage examples of traditional.
A new transparency appeared, showing how the two portfolios would be reported under the traditional, accrual accounting and the mark-to-market approach.
Worse, traditional accounting provided benefits to companies that sold winning positions while holding on to losers.
Without them, under traditional accounting the company could miss the earnings targets Wall Street was projecting for the year just ended.
Wherever traditional religions are united under the badge of philosophy a conservative syncretism is the result, because the allegoric method, that is, the criticism of all religion, veiled and unconscious of itself, is able to blast rocks and bridge over abysses.
The big alligator farms pulled people in, and then they stayed and paid good tourist dollars for airboat rides, canoe treks along the endless canals at sunset, and even camping in traditional chickees.
All of these qualities are perfectly represented in that most flawless of traditional Japanese architectural masterpieces, the Tokugawa-period Katsura Detached Palace in Kyoto.
Westerners had displayed interest in Japanese architecture, especially the traditional house, since at least the 1870s.
So, even though braking would not be required until the ship reached the balk line ten days hence, Gorgas ordered the Flip when they reached the median of the grand secant and hosted the traditional meal that very evening.
In one sense, all national poetry is original, even though it be shackled by rules of traditional prosody, and has adopted the system of rhyme devised by writers in another language, whose words seem naturally to bourgeon into assonant terminations.
Look how women in traditional Islamic countries are required to dress: the burqa, the head covering, and, in the most extreme cases, the face covering.
Wearing the traditional chador or burqa, which covered them head to toe except the eyes.
I carried the traditional indio manta over my right shoulder and under my left arm and a blanket rolled up around a woven maguey rope over my left shoulder.
A five-piece mariachi band played stirring traditional music and, between songs, strolled about the crowds of guests to different locations.
An endless masochistic denunciation of his own race, and a series of traditional caricatures of Anglo-Indian society, with its unbearable club life, its chota pegs, etc.
In a few years, when your pupil passes the first phase on his path to Masterhood, I will leave the shore and enter the caves near the village for the traditional period of seclusion.