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trad

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Traditional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • I've been listening to trad jazz lately.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Traditional climbing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Irish traditional music

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A traditionalist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Anything traditional, such as a school or a model of car.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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6

noun

Meaning 6

traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: jazz

History

Etymology

Shortening of traditional.