handed-down
- adjective
- /ˈhændɪd daʊn/
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transmitido
- Oh, this belt buckle was handed down to me from my father and his father's father.
We can also say that the English language, though handed down by tradition, is an institution.
- We can also say that the English language, though handed down by tradition, is an institution.
- Only an oral tradition handed down.
- I don't know how it even got that term, but just things that lore handed down.
Examples
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Caleb has so many swimsuits that have been handed down to him from Fraser.
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We can also say that the English language, though handed down by tradition, is an institution.
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Before then, most wisdom, including scientific wisdom, was handed down by people who interpreted the teachings of the church.
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My parents were far from radical on this front, but all the kids had androgynous long shaggy hair, a motley assortment of handed-down clothes in various colors, and they made a big effort to avoid the guns-are-for-boys, sparkles-are-for-girls thing.
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This old guitar was handed down to me from my grandfather, and I cherish it very much.
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She wore a beautiful dress that had been handed down through several generations in her family.
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The stories he tells are handed-down tales from his ancestors that keep their memory alive.
Synonyms
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Related to family members from earlier generations
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Affecting people in more than one generation of a family
A custom or story that older people pass to younger people
Owned before and then given or sold to another person
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Handed-down comes from the simple image of giving something by hand and moving it down the family line, like a grandmother passing a dress to her granddaughter, and you can see the same idea in the everyday phrase hand-me-down. So handed-down means something 'passed from one generation or person to another'.