traditional form

collocation in English

meaningsoftraditionalandform

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traditional
adjective
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftraditional form

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I don't think thetraditionalformof theatre means anything any longer.
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In itstraditionalform, the rule draws a sharp distinction between shall and will.
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In the 15 to 18 age group one misses the disciples oftraditionalform.
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It reinterprets atraditionalformof construction, producing a viable response in an image and profit obsessed climate of residential development.
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Some villages have chosen to stay with thetraditionalformof leader-run irrigation management.
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Far more than anytraditionalformof music, the pieces evoked associations that the composers had in no way intended.
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In many ways this passacaglia is a parody, subverting the techniques of thetraditionalformand denying the expectations raised by the title.
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Before the mid-seventeenth century thetraditionalformof natural theology was wielded primarily as a shield to defend practitioners and their activities.
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The present model has thetraditionalformand requires no more computational effort than the standard pressure-strain models.
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As well as thetraditionalformof economic evaluation that looks at one intervention in one patient population, policy-based analyses of the kind described here are essential.
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Even though many respondents are aware of and say they have practised the rhythm method, it is not clear whether they mean in its modern ortraditionalform.
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I appreciate them and the vistas of the coastline around the country, which provide thetraditionalformof holiday tourism.
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It is, of course, atraditionalformof expressing oneself in a procession that those taking part should hold flags, banners and other emblems.
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This debate seems to be taking atraditionalform.
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The former is to be atraditionalformof grotto, rather on the lines of that in 1851.
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The grotto is to be in thetraditionalformof a grotto.
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It is true that we had understood that we should be witnessing this traditional ceremony in itstraditionalformat the end of each term.
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Theirtraditionalformof collective enjoyment—apart from the pub and the church—is hunting with their neighbours.
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