Definition: 1. Consisting of or derived from tradition. 2. Being part of the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of people, that have not changed for a long time. 3. Following older methods and ideas rather than modern or different ones.
Use 'traditional' in a sentence:
1. Most bosses are traditional.
2. She refused to take on the traditional woman's role.
3. She doesn't fit (into) the traditional mould of an academic.
4. The exhibition hall is decorated with many traditional Chinese paintings.
5. The festival is traditionally held in May.
6. I can see that they are not ready to depart from traditional practice.
7. I went to a very traditional school.
8. This discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
9. Opinion on this issue cuts across traditional political boundaries.
10. The music was a hybrid of Western pop and traditional folk song.
11. The wine is still made by treading grapes in the traditional way.
12. Their music blends traditional and modern styles.
13. Traditional values have been reasserted.
14. The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions.
15. Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
16. In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.
17. In education, the pendulum has swung back to traditional teaching methods.
18. It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
19. He arranged traditional folk songs for the piano.
20. Their marriage is very traditional.
21. Hamilton proposed a change in the traditional debating format.
22. Housework has traditionally been regarded as women's work.
23. We're still a traditional school in a lot of ways.
24. He was brought up in a family that practised traditional Judaism.
25. One may tag this book traditional.
26. It's traditional to eat turkey at Thanksgiving.
27. Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty.
28. Traditional beliefs still flourish alongside a modern urban lifestyle.
29. The menu contained traditional favourites as well as more adventurous dishes.
30. The traditional backpack with a difference—it's waterproof.
31. Traditional economic analysis is premised on the assumption that more is better.
32. Three of the new products are based on traditional herbal medicines.
33. A mobile home simply doesn't stack up against a traditional house.
34. She doesn't fit the traditional mould of an academic.
35. The restaurant provides good traditional fare.
36. The room was done over in traditional style.
37. Prevention also plays a central role in traditional medicine.
38. She learned how to identify medicinal herbs from a traditional Chinese doctor.
39. Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
40. The spectacle of Xerxes's defeat tremendously reinforced the traditional conviction that pride goes before a fall.
41. The traditional view was that marriage was meant to last.
42. This soup is a spicy variation on a traditional favourite.
43. Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age.
44. Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like ‘ Once upon a time …’.
45. They were showered with rice in the traditional manner.
46. Pumpkin pie is a traditional American dish served on Thanksgiving.
47. The flour is ground using traditional methods.
48. The traditional backpack with a difference ─ it's waterproof.
49. With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.
50. He likes the traditional meat and two veg for his main meal.
51. Most couples want a traditional wedding.
52. The return to traditional family values is a reaction against the permissiveness of recent decades.
53. With her precise use of language and intimidating aspect, she was a typical traditional schoolmistress.
54. We tend to be traditional rather than fashion-forward in our designs.
