proud tradition

collocation in English

meaningsofproudandtradition

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proud
adjective
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/praʊd/us
/praʊd/
feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people connected with you have done or got ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofproudandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They have aproudtradition.
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They had aproudtradition.
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It is a long andproudtradition.
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They have a veryproudtradition.
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Ourproudtraditionhas been tragically tarnished.
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It is a constituency that has aproudtradition.
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Grammar schools have aproudtraditionof academic excellence.
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It is a fine city with aproudtradition.
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Theproudtraditionextends beyond the previous decade.
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This country has aproudtraditionof municipal housing.
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Thatproudtraditionwill go if the proposals are implemented.
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That has nothing to do with theproudtraditionof his great country.
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I sincerely hope that this great andproudtraditionwill be long maintained.
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No other country can point to such aproudtraditionof volunteer service.
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Is it worth breaking our country'sproudtraditionfor such a paltry and irrelevant amount?
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That is aproudtraditionand one not lightly to be thrown away.
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Recruits want to join local regiments with a long andproudtradition.
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It is part of aproudtraditionin a pluralist society.
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We have aproudtraditionin banking and the financial services sector generally in this country.
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They have aproudtraditionof including within their commercial objectives clear social purposes.
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Both our parties have a long andproudtraditionof respecting the rule of law.
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We have aproudtraditionof discipline in our bureaucracy that we ought to preserve.
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Our country has aproudtraditionof helping those who have fled from persecution.
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It is great for itsproudtraditionof freedom and toleration.
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