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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wont /wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt/USA pronunciation adj. [be + ~ + to + verb]- accustomed;
used:She is wont to rise at dawn.
n. [uncountable* one's + ~] - custom;
habit:It was his wont to swim every day.
won't /woʊnt/USA pronunciation - Pronouns[contraction.]a shortened form of will not.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wont (wônt, wōnt, wunt),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., wont, wont or wont•ed, wont•ing. adj. - accustomed;
used (usually fol. by an infinitive):He was wont to rise at dawn.
n. - custom;
habit;
practice:It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
v.t. - to accustom (a person), as to a thing.
- to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
v.i. - [Archaic.]to be wont.
- 1300–50; (adjective, adjectival) Middle English wont, woned, Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian to be used to (see won2); cognate with German gewöhnt; (verb, verbal) Middle English, back formation from wonted or wont (past participle); (noun, nominal) apparently from conflation of wont (past participle) with obsolete wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged habituated, wonted.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged use.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unaccustomed.
won't (wōnt, wunt),USA pronunciation - Pronounscontraction of will not: He won't see you now.
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