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wont meaning

EN[wəʊnt] [wʌnt] [wɒnt] [wɔnt] [-əʊnt]
US
WWont
  • A wont is a habit, or routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.
  • Wont may refer to:
  • Won't, the English contraction for will not
  • WONT-LP, former call sign of WBYD-CA, a television station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Definition of wont in English Dictionary

  • NounPLwonts
    1. One’s habitual way of doing things, practice, custom.
      1. He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.
  • VerbSGwontsPRwontingPT, PPwonted
    1. (transitive, archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
      1. (intransitive, archaic) To be accustomed.
      2. Adjective
        1. (archaic) Accustomed or used (to or with a thing).
          1. (designating habitual behaviour) Accustomed, apt (to doing something).
            1. He is wont to complain loudly about his job.
            2. Like a 60-yard Percy Harvin touchdown run or a Joe Haden interception return, Urban Meyer’s jaw-dropping resignation Saturday was, as he’s wont to say, “a game-changer.” — Sunday December 27, 2009, Stewart Mandel, INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, Meyer’s shocking resignation rocks college coaching landscape
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • 1819: “One is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
            • "O, they wont shoot you," expostulated his friend, high-heartedly.
            • What though thy habit differ from thy kinde, Thou maiest retain thy wonted loving minde.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Uncomparable adjectives
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
                • Singularia tantum
                  • Uncountable nouns
                • Verbs
                  • Intransitive verbs
                    • Transitive verbs
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                  Source: Wiktionary

                  Meaning of wont for the defined word.

                  Grammatically, this word "wont" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
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