What does accustomed mean?

Definitions for accustomed
əˈkʌs təmdac·cus·tomed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. accustomedadjective

    (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to

    "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"

  2. accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)adjective

    commonly used or practiced; usual

    "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"

Wiktionary

  1. accustomedadjective

    Familiar through use; usual; customary.

  2. accustomedadjective

    Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.

  3. accustomedadjective

    Frequented by customers

  4. Etymology: accustom + -ed

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Accustomed

    According to custom; frequent; usual.

    Etymology: from accustom.

    Look how she rubs her hands. ———— It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

ChatGPT

  1. accustomed

    Accustomed refers to being familiar with or used to something due to regular exposure or experience. It often implies a level of normality or comfort with a situation, action, or environment that was achieved through continual or repeated experiences. It can also mean typically or usually.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accustomed

    of Accustom

  2. Accustomedadjective

    familiar through use; usual; customary

  3. Accustomedadjective

    frequented by customers

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of accustomed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of accustomed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of accustomed in a Sentence

  1. Vladimir Lenin:

    Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.

  2. Mark Leibovich:

    Clinton will probably get attacked and baited by one of the others...She is accustomed to this, and will be prepared and knows how to handle herself, she just needs to hit her notes, remind everyone that she's a competent and possibly historic figure -- and better than the campaign she has run to this point, not to mention the caricature that her opponents have perpetuated.

  3. Mordechai Anielewicz:

    The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts ceases to discriminate between good and evil. He becomes a slave in body and soul. Whatever may happen to you, remember always: Don’t adjust! Revolt against the reality!

  4. Anthony Davis:

    We don’t look at it as something bad, we need games to get back accustomed to each other anyway. We don’t want to go that route, but if it happens, it happens.

  5. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers:

    My guess is that inflation will be lower next year than it was this year and quite likely will be lower in 2024 than in 2023. But I think is not going to be easy to bring inflation back to the kind of levels we have been accustomed to in recent decades, we have let the genie out of the bottle.

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