Definitions for WONT
wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌntwont

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. habit, wontnoun

   an established custom

   "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wontcontraction

   will not;

   Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon.

2. Etymology: Origin uncertain: apparently a conflation of wone and wont (participle adjective, below).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wont

   A contraction of will not.

2. WONTnoun

   Custom; habit; use. Out of use.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Passing their time according to their wont, they waited for the coming of Phalantus. Philip Sidney.

   Things natural in that regard forget their ordinary natural wont, that which is heavy mounting sometime upwards of its own accord. Richard Hooker.

   ’Tis not his wont to be the hindmost man,
   Whate’er occasion keeps him from us now. William Shakespeare.

   They are by sudden alarm or watchword to be called out to their military motions under sky or covert, according to the season, as was the Roman wont. John Milton.

3. To Wont, To be Wontverb

   Preterite and participle wont; To be accustomed; to use; to be used.

   Etymology: wunian , Saxon; gewoonen, Dutch.

   A yearly solemn feast she wont to make
   The day that first doth lead the year around. Fairy Queen.

   Through power of that, his cunning thieveries
   He wonts to work, that none the same espies. Hubberd.

   Jason the Thessalian was wont to say, that some things must be done unjustly, that many things may be done justly. Francis Bacon.

   I this night have dream’d;
   If dream’d, not as I oft am wont, of thee,
   But of offence and trouble. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   The eagle’s fate and mine are one,
   Which on the shaft that made him die
   Espy’d a feather of his own,
   Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Edmund Waller.

   A mother was wont always to indulge her daughters, when any of them desired squirrels or birds, but then they must keep them well. John Locke.

   Another sort of sophism is wont to be called an imperfect enumeration or false induction, when from a few experiments men infer general theorems. Isaac Watts, Logick.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wont

   A wont is a habit, or routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.

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1. wont

   "Wont" is a term used to refer to a custom, habit, or behavior that a person typically does or is known to do. It describes a usual or habitual practice or particular way of behaving. It is often used in the format "one is wont to do something", meaning it is the person's habit or custom to do that particular thing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Wontadjective

   using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used

2. Wontnoun

   custom; habit; use; usage

3. Wont

   of Wont

4. Wont

   of Wont

5. Wontverb

   to be accustomed or habituated; to be used

6. Wontverb

   to accustom; -- used reflexively

7. Etymology: [For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS. wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wunn, OHG, wonn, G. wohnen, and AS. wund, gewuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take pleasure; cf. Icel. una to dwell, to enjoy, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in unwunands sad); and akin to Skr. van to like, to wish. . Cf. Wean, Win.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wont

   wunt, adj. used or accustomed.—n. habit.—v.i. to be accustomed.—adj. Won′ted, accustomed: usual.—n. Won′tedness.—adj. Wont′less (Spens.), unaccustomed. [Orig. pa.p. of won, to dwell—A.S. wunian; Ger. wohnen.]

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1. WONT

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1. nowt

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WONT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WONT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of WONT in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Lopez:

   It was our little anniversary, so it was a special night. I kept thinking Oh, GodFebruary 3 ! Thats our day. Oh, my God ! Its been a year. It was more spontaneous than anything else. It wasnt too planned. I thought about it, and I thought, Maybe Ill do it ; maybe I wont, but it was a great show, in general, and... I dont know. We felt really good.

2. The Likud party spokesman:

   It is sad to see that while Prime Minister Netanyahu keeps Israel safe on all fronts and works to preserve Likud rule, Gideon Saar, as is his wont, is displaying zero loyalty and maximum subversion.

3. Jaylynne Sensy:

   Theyre trying to take our guns and thats not going to happen, we wont stand for it. This wouldnt happen if Republicans were still running things.

4. Simon Bridges:

   Hes been caught, the prime minister needed a fall guy here, and hes it, this wont make it go away because there are so many serious questions around who knew what, when.

5. Magnus Taylor:

   There will be an economic impact but it wont be instantaneous, it's the beginning of the process of normalization.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WONT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wont
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WONT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wont
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WONT
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=WONT