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2 N‑UNCOUNT You can use tribalism to refer to the loyalties that people feel towards particular social groups and to the way these loyalties affect their behaviour and their attitudes towards others. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  His argument was that multi-party systems encourage tribalism.

tribe /tra I b/ (tribes )

1 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] Tribe is sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use. □  …three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe.

2 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb, adj N ] You can use tribe to refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way. [mainly HUMOROUS , INFORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …tribes of talented young people.

tribes|man /tra I bzmən/ (tribesmen ) N‑COUNT A tribesman is a man who belongs to a tribe.

tribu|la|tion /tr I bjʊle I ʃ ^ə n/ (tribulations ) N‑VAR You can refer to the suffering or difficulty that you experience in a particular situation as tribulations . [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …the trials and tribulations of everyday life.

tri|bu|nal /tra I bjuː n ^ə l/ (tribunals ) N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A tribunal is a special court or committee that is appointed to deal with particular problems. □  His case comes before an industrial tribunal in March.

tribu|tary /tr I bjʊtəri, [AM ] -teri/ (tributaries ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger one. □ [+ of ] …the Napo river, a tributary of the Amazon.

trib|ute /tr I bjuːt/ (tributes )

1 N‑VAR A tribute is something that you say, do, or make to show your admiration and respect for someone. □ [+ to ] The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison. □ [+ to ] He paid tribute to the organising committee.

2 N‑SING If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is. □ [+ to ] His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism.

tri b|ute band (tribute bands ) N‑COUNT A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group. □  We booked a Beatles tribute band for the wedding.

trice /tra I s/ PHRASE If someone does something in a trice , they do it very quickly. □  He will sew it up in a trice. □  She was back in a trice.

tri|ceps /tra I seps/ (triceps ) N‑COUNT Your triceps is the muscle in the back part of your upper arm.

trick ◆◇◇ /tr I k/ (tricks , tricking , tricked )

1 N‑COUNT A trick is an action that is intended to deceive someone. □  We are playing a trick on a man who keeps bothering me.

2 VERB If someone tricks you, they deceive you, often in order to make you do something. □ [V n] Stephen is going to be pretty upset when he finds out how you tricked him. □ [V n + into ] She was said to have tricked him into going to a warehouse at night in the hope of securing a lucrative deal. □ [V n prep/adv] His real purpose is to trick his way into your home to see what he can steal.

3 N‑COUNT A trick is a clever or skilful action that someone does in order to entertain people. □  He shows me card tricks.

4 N‑COUNT A trick is a clever way of doing something. □  Tiffany revamped her sitting room with simple decorative tricks.

5 → see also confidence trick , conjuring trick , hat-trick

6 PHRASE If something does the trick , it achieves what you wanted. [INFORMAL ] □  Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.