English Explanatory Dictionary

wont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.
adj
  1. Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).
verb
  1. To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
  2. To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).

Pronunciation

/wʌnt/ /wəʊnt/ /wɒnt/ wŏnt wônt wōnt wŭnt /wɑnt/ /wɔnt/ /woʊnt/ en-us-wont.ogg /wʊnt/

Word forms

wont wonts wonting wonted

Etymology

From Old English gewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), possibly as a conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and wont (participle adjective, below). Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win.

Synonyms

wone habit routine ritual disposed fain prone apt bain forward inclined liable minded ready predisposed propense wont

Related words

meo more prone to used to

Derived words

unwont use and wont wontly
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