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Meanings of wont in English

Portuguese
tradição
Catalan
rutina
Spanish
uso

A pattern of behavior inherited or acquired through frequent repetition.

tradição
Usage of wont in English
1
However, as is a fast bowler's wont, Carter was far from content.
The Guardian
2
Facts are facts, Van Commenee is wont to say, rules are rules.
The Guardian
3
Women are wont to consider man in general as a simple creation.
The Spinster Book
4
But Joan only said, in the simple fashion which was her wont:
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
5
Finucane, as is her wont on these occasions, let him talk away.
The Irish Times
6
Others worried, as is our wont, what others would think of us.
Radio NZ
7
He was wont to vie with the other in point of style.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
8
They are wont to paint little children in the shape of angels.
The Day of Wrath
9
It is very strange; he was not wont to do foolish things.
The Two Guardians / or, Home in This World
10
As he was wont to explain in later days of blessed peacefulness:
One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York
11
Only grandees are wont to kneel here, in presence of the king.
The Resources of Quinola: A Comedy in a Prologue and Five Acts
12
Indeed, Call was cheerful, easier on the men than was his wont.
Lonesome dove
13
And love, as he is wont, came in the wake of fortune.
Marcella
14
Yet, as malarial patients are wont to do, he was sweating profusely.
Say you're one of them
15
Her face had grave lines that were not wont to be there.
The Girls at Mount Morris
16
The Reddin brothers, as was their wont, said nothing of their thoughts.
Assail
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Wont through the time
Wont across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare