Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tradition
IPA transcription: [tɹəd'ɪʃən]
Pronunciations of tradition
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tradition
    Meaning: an inherited pattern of thought or action
  • Synonyms: custom, tradition
    Meaning: a specific practice of long standing
Usage examples
  • Yet they would receive laurels from tradition.
  • His strength is still a tradition in Spencer County.
  • They fixed, by unquestionable tradition, the scene of each memorable event.
  • There is a tradition that Queen Elizabeth herself once smoked--with unpleasant results.
  • Are these coincidences merely accidental or do they point possibly to a common tradition?
  • The probability is that the tradition goes back to the earliest beginnings of Babylonian history.
  • Tradition says: "A trapper named Scott, while returning to the States, was robbed and stripped by the Indians.
  • His proofs were so clear, his evidence so sharply superior to tradition, that he broke away finally from all control.
  • For no very good reason, three of these principles have been singled out by tradition under the name of 'Laws of Thought'.
  • We need not refer to remote antiquity: there we could appeal to the voice of tradition, but not to the experience of our audience.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Saint Peter, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Francis Petre, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ys, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Eastern Bloc, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Krampus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Literary criticism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Submarine, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording BDSM, License CC BY-SA 4.0