0 a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society or group:
Fireworks have long been an American tradition on the Fourth of July.
Switzerland has a long tradition of neutrality.
[ + that ] There's a tradition in our office that when it's somebody's birthday, they bring in a cake for all of us to share.
We decided to break with tradition (= not behave as usual) this year and go away for Christmas.
According to tradition, a headless ghost walks through the corridors of the house at night.
1 a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time, or the practice of following behavior and beliefs that have been so established:
This college has a long tradition of athletic excellence.
In keeping with tradition, they always have turkey on Christmas Day.
The old people in the village still observe the local traditions.
Daphne is carrying on the family tradition by becoming a lawyer.
The zero plural avoids the problem of having two sibilants in quick succession at the end of the words, and coincidentally maintains the classical tradition.
Within the psychological tradition, hypothesis-testing models traditionally assume the former.
Our minimalist design tradition removes the intermediate and smaller scales from built form.
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