The annual harvest festival is a centuries-old tradition that brings the entire village together.
一年一度的丰收节是一个延续数百年的传统,它将整个村庄凝聚在一起。
Even so, many place names and genealogies recorded in the sagas have been independently confirmed, suggesting that oral tradition preserved a surprising amount of accurate detail alongside its more fantastical elements.
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A folklorist studying an oral storytelling tradition found that tellers under the age of 35 could recount only about a third as many traditional proverbs as tellers over 65, even though both groups had grown up in the same village and were considered fluent, skilled storytellers by community elders.
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Which choice best defines “tradition”?
B — A belief or behavior passed down within a group or society. “tradition” means a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society.
Which word means “a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society”?
D — tradition. “tradition” means a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society.
tradition — a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society. In Chinese: 传统.
tradition is pronounced /trəˈdɪʃən/.
The annual harvest festival is a centuries-old tradition that brings the entire village together. (一年一度的丰收节是一个延续数百年的传统,它将整个村庄凝聚在一起。)
custom, practice, convention — all close in meaning to tradition (a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society).
Yes. tradition is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.