wont
/wount/
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Definition
Noun:
- A habitual or customary practice; a habit: "Wont" refers to a person's established custom or usual way of behaving.
- A person's typical manner or practice: It can also describe a person's characteristic or accustomed behavior.
Adjective (Archaic):
- Accustomed; used (to): This form is used to describe being in the habit of doing something. It is typically followed by an infinitive verb (e.g., "He was wont to rise early").
Usage Examples
Noun:
- As was his wont, he took a long walk after lunch. (This was his habitual practice.)
- She arrived early, as is her wont. (This is her customary behavior.)
Adjective (Archaic):
- He was wont to say that patience is a virtue. (He was accustomed to saying this.)
- They were wont to gather in the old square on Sundays. (It was their custom to gather there.)
Advanced Usage
"Use and wont": A legal or formal phrase referring to established custom and practice.
- The land was divided according to the use and wont of the local community.
"As is one's wont": A common phrase meaning "in the way that one typically does."
- He left without saying goodbye, as was his wont.
Variants and Related Words
- Wonted (adj): Usual, customary, habitual.
- She returned to her wonted seat by the window.
- Unwonted (adj): Unusual, not customary or habitual.
- He spoke with unwonted passion.
Synonyms
- Habit: A settled or regular tendency or practice.
- Custom: A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving.
- Practice: The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories.
- Routine: A sequence of actions regularly followed.
Notes on Usage
- The adjectival use ("wont to do something") is now considered archaic or literary. In modern English, "wont" is primarily used as a noun, often in the phrase "as is one's wont."
- The word is pronounced the same as "won't" (the contraction for "will not"), but they are unrelated in meaning.
Noun
- an established custom
- it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening