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WordBand 5.5–6.5Toofey picks
tradition
/tɹəˈdɪʃn̩/
noun
A custom passed from one generation to the next.
- “Lighting lanterns is a tradition in many festivals.”Toofey
- “The people in this village still keep up old traditions.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)