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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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      United Kingdom
      Common
      Ireland
      Less common
      United States of America
      Rare