traditional marriage
traditional marriage · traditional marriages
A heterosexual marriageA heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex.
» There's no doubt that the traditional institutions of marriage and family are in crisis.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A heterosexual marriage; a social or legal union between two people of opposite sex.
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see traditional, marriage.
Examples
1 sentencesThere's no doubt that the traditional institutions of marriage and family are in crisis.
Forms
plural: traditional marriages| Singular | traditional marriage |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.