- tradition
- nounADJECTIVE▪ age-old, ancient, centuries-old, deep-rooted, old, time-honoured/time-honored▪ long, long-established, long-standing▪ enduring, living, unbroken, well-established▪ distinguished, fine, great, honourable/honorable, venerable▪ proud▪ cherished, hallowed▪ dominant, powerful, strong▪ rich▪
Japan's rich cultural tradition and history
▪ ancestral, family▪ inherited▪ indigenous, local, national, native, vernacular▪ folk, popular▪ oral, story-telling▪ Catholic, Christian, Islamic, pagan, etc.▪ faith▪people of all faith traditions
▪ Eastern, English, European, etc.▪ 19th-century, etc.▪ classical, medieval, modernist, etc.▪ academic, artistic, culinary, cultural, historical, ideological, intellectual, literary, military, musical, philosophical, political, religious, spiritual, sporting (esp. BrE), theatrical▪This region has a great musical tradition.
▪ biblical▪ mystical▪ democratic, liberal, radical, revolutionaryVERB + TRADITION▪ have▪ become▪It became an annual tradition for me to ice the cake.
▪ cherish, continue, defend, follow, follow in, honour/honor, keep alive, maintain, perpetuate, preserve, respect, uphold▪Following in the Hitchcock tradition, he always appears in the movies he directs.
▪The locals get together every year to keep this age-old tradition alive.
▪ hand down▪an oral tradition handed down from generation to generation
▪ inherit▪They have inherited a rich tradition of music and dance.
▪ abandon, break, break with, buck, defy, go against, ignore, reject▪He broke with the family tradition and did not go down the mines.
▪ challenge▪The girl had challenged the traditions of her patriarchal tribe.
▪ establish, start▪ embody▪ extend, reinterpret, revive▪ celebrate▪ shareTRADITION + VERB▪ continue, die hard, exist, remain, survive▪Old habits and traditions die hard.
▪ date back to, go back to▪The tradition dates back to the 16th century.
▪ dictate sth, emphasize sth, hold sth, say sth, teach sthPREPOSITION▪ according to (a/the) tradition▪According to tradition, a tree grew on this spot.
▪ by tradition▪By tradition, ships are often referred to as ‘she’ in English.
▪ in (a/the) tradition▪In time-honoured/time-honored tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed on the ship.
▪He's a politician in the tradition of (= similar in style to) Kennedy.
PHRASES▪ bound by tradition▪He made it clear he was not going to be bound by tradition.
▪ a departure from tradition▪In a departure from tradition, the bride wore red.
▪ in the best traditions of sth▪The building was constructed in the best traditions of church architecture.
▪ respect for tradition▪His education gave him a lasting respect for tradition.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
