/ trəˈdɪʃn; NAmE / noun
[ 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, etc. traditions
This region is steeped in 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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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Old French tradicion , or from Latin traditio(n-) , from tradere deliver, betray, from trans- across + dare give.