wont

(wônt, wōnt, wŭnt)
adj.

1. Accustomed or used: "The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world" (Henry David Thoreau).
2. Likely: chaotic as holidays are wont to be.

n.
Customary practice; usage. See synonyms at habit.


v., wont, or wont·ed, wont·ing, wonts.

v.tr.
To make accustomed to.

v.intr.
To be in the habit of doing something.

[Middle English, past participle of wonen, to be used to, dwell. See won¹.]

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the surviving past participle of an obsolete verb won meaning 'to accustom oneself to', is pronounced wohnt and should be distinguished from won't, the contracted form of will not. It is used in two principal ways: followed by a to-infinitive as in They were wont to say, and as a noun in the type as is their wont. The form wonted, meaning 'accustomed, habitual', is used before a noun, as in He showed his wonted skill.

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adjective

In the habit: accustomed, habituated, used. See usual/unusual.

noun

A habitual way of behaving: consuetude, custom, habit, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, usage, usance, use, way. See usual/unusual.

verb

To make familiar through constant practice or use: accustom, condition, habituate, inure. See usual/unusual.

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Common misspelling(s) of wont

• wont

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vant
n. - skik, sædvane
v. tr. - gøre vant til
v. intr. - være vant til

Nederlands (Dutch)
gewend, gewoonte

Français (French)
adj. - habitué
n. - habitude, coutume
v. tr. - habituer (qn) à
v. intr. - être habitué à

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gewohnt
n. - Gewohnheit, Gepflogenheit
v. - gewohnt sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εθισμένος ή συνηθισμένος (να/σε)
n. - συνήθεια/-ο

Italiano (Italian)
consuetudine

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - acostumado
n. - prática (f)

Русский (Russian)
привычка, имеющий обыкновение, иметь обыкновение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - habituado, acostumbrado
n. - costumbre, usanza
v. tr. - acostumbrar, habituar
v. intr. - acostumbrarse, habituarse

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - van
n. - vana

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
惯于, 常常, 习惯, 惯常活动, 使习惯于

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 慣於, 常常
n. - 習慣, 慣常活動
v. tr. - 使習慣於
v. intr. - 習慣

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 버릇처럼 된, 늘 ~하는
n. - 상습, 관습
v. tr. - 익숙하게 하다, 습관이 들게 하다
v. intr. - ~을 예사로 하다, ~하는 것이 습관이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 習慣

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعود (الاسم) عادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רגיל ל- (מיושן)‬
n. - ‮הרגל, מנהג, נוהג‬
v. tr. - ‮הרגיל‬
v. intr. - ‮התרגל‬

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