Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
wont
IPA transcription: [w'oʊnt]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
habit, wont
Meaning:
an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"
Usage examples
You'll see him, wont you?"
The one at the table pauses, as was the wont before the beginning of a meal.
Calliope, especially, was wont to express his ennui according to his lights.
One day he came upon deck, and, taking his arm as had been my wont, I sauntered with him backward and forward.
The lads of Sparta, of ancient time, were wont to be scourged upon the altar of Diana, without so much as queching.
During the brief interval of each day in which he was sober, Sir Reginald Eversleigh was wont to reflect upon the past.
I heard, with some surprise, his allusion to the Great Being, whom he was not wont to recognise; but I made him no reply.
Even as the flame of unctuous things is wont To move upon the outer surface only, So likewise was it there from heel to point.
Seeing her look so thin and wrinkled, I imagine that I can please her by bringing her a provision of Bees, as I was wont to do.
Not far it runs before it finds a plain In which it spreads itself, and makes it marshy, And oft 'tis wont in summer to be sickly.