traditional pattern

collocation in English

meaningsoftraditionalandpattern

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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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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition oftraditionalandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Automation has always affected thetraditionalpatternof human activity.
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In the current situation thetraditionalpatternpreceding marriage has been either modified or drastically revised.
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They intentionally do the opposite of sometraditionalpatternfor the sake of novelty.
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I would say—followed thetraditionalpattern.
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This has been thetraditionalpatternof our trading relations.
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They are following thetraditionalpatternof enterprising people.
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Thus, on balance, while their involvement did not follow thetraditionalpatternof breadwinning and little else, nor was it distinctively 'new'.
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This is a pattern, or culture, of justice and approximates to thetraditionalpatternof denial of any range of punishment.
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However, we occasionally have exceptions from our usually rathertraditionalpattern.
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That was thetraditionalpatternin our authority, as in most authorities.
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If we follow thetraditionalpattern, the competition will be provided by one contractor.
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Thetraditionalpatternwas highly symbolic.
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The monograph follows thetraditionalpatternof descriptive archaeological site reports, with a brief introduction to the history of the project, an overview of the region, and other introductory material.
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Granting performers rights would have disturbed thetraditionalpatternand would have meant, in effect, restructuring producers' rights.
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They follow thetraditionalpattern, and often the traditional wording, of our other sets of election rules.
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We would then be moving into what he called a virtuous cycle and breaking away from thetraditionalpattern.
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Thetraditionalpattern, which everyone has to put up with, is extremely inconvenient for families, particularly for women.
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Thetraditionalpatterndepends largely on the family butcher and it no longer meets the present-day demand.
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Today we may have reverted to the moretraditionalpattern, but nevertheless, there have been some fascinating innovations.
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This might be called thetraditionalpatternsizzle cymbal.
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It is atraditionalpatternused for winter clothing.
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Thetraditionalpatternof an east-west axis was adopted.
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They cannot simply attempt to stand still and rely on thetraditionalpatternof trade any more than we ourselves can.
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