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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to customs and ways of doing things within a particular culture that are passed down from one generation to the next with little change.
Traditional country music does not employ drums or electric guitars.The kimono is a traditional form of dress in Japan.- antonyms:
- avant-garde, innovative, modern, new, non-traditional
- similar words:
- conservative, orthodox
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| definition 2: |
in accordance with a particular tradition.
The baking of holiday breads is traditional in our family at Christmas time.
- synonyms:
- customary
- antonyms:
- avant-garde, innovative, novel
- similar words:
- conventional, orthodox
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| definition 3: |
adhering to older or traditional ways of doing things.
The bride's father, being traditional, wanted to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day. |
| related words: |
accepted, accustomed, conservative, customary, everyday, habitual, old-fashioned, ordinary, regular, sober, usual |
(adj.)traditional
+ noun
ally,
approach,
architecture,
belief,
boundary,
celebration,
ceremony,
classroom,
conception,
costume,
craft,
culture,
curriculum,
custom,
dance,
definition,
dish,
doctrine,
dress,
elite,
fare,
form,
format,
garb,
gender,
healer,
hierarchy,
instruction,
instrument,
knowledge,
lecture,
lifestyle,
marriage,
medicine,
method,
mode,
morality,
narrative,
norm,
notation,
notion,
paradigm,
pattern,
pension,
practice,
recipe,
religion,
ritual,
role,
setting,
style,
symbol,
teaching,
technique,
textbook,
value
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| derivation: |
traditionally (adv.) |
The word traditional
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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