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traditional

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1. traditional - Noun

2. traditional - Adjective

3. traditional - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.

Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs: Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do. Donald Knuth

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before. John Goodman

We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments. Adlai Stevenson II

In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world. A. J. P. Taylor

Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet. C. J. Cherryh

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes. Erma Bombeck

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