wont
/wəʊnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/wəʊnt/
wont
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> wont
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘Well, linguistician that I am, my first thoughts set me to playing about with semantics and, as is my wont on these occasions, to casting my thoughts back to the bard.’
- ‘First an apology - I have a number of new blogs linking to me, and I haven't yet reciprocated nor given their blogs a quick one-line review, as is my wont.’
- ‘Prabhu Prasad, the celebrity father of ‘Hai Rabba’ Smita, was tapping his feet to the pulsating music as is his wont.’
- ‘Shearer, as is his wont, scored against Leeds, just as he had done twice at Elland Road on the opening day of the season, just as he had for Southampton and Blackburn so often before.’
- ‘As is his wont, Latapy drifts left when he is getting bogged down in the middle and, from the wing position, he cut in past his man for Grant Brebner to flick his low cross behind Mampaey.’
- ‘The ball was old and the pitch was slow and Jones, as was his wont, was moving around the crease to disrupt the bowler's line. Jack decided to stand up to the stumps.’
- ‘Their supporters had settled for a draw when, with the whistle already between the referee's lips, Owen ghosted in unnoticed, to nod in a cross from Joe Cole.’
- ‘But certainly in the first half City, as is their wont, refused to wallow in self-pity and played like a side determined to make light of any inconveniences.’
- ‘Also, perhaps because I'm so familiar with Peter Pan itself, my mind, as is its wont, tended to wander, if not wonder.’
- ‘Gerry, recalled some of the stories of the old days in the Mayo News, the ‘hot metal’ days as he would always describe them.’
- ‘Without the right gradient to drain off onto the edges and without the drains, water, finds its own shape, filling every crevice and crater.’
- ‘As is their wont, the supporters of his ‘rivals’ strongly objected to it.’
- ‘I went into college today, as is my wont, to study English.’
- ‘The good General frames it perfectly, as is his wont; but don't get lazy, do click through to the original SFGate item.’
- ‘John spoke briefly, but sincerely, as is his wont.’
- ‘As is often the wont of those who have succeeded through factional alliances
Synonyms
accustomed, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, bring into use, come to know, custom, familiarize, gain friendship, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get with it, given, habit, habituated, in the habit of, inclined, let down hair, let know, let next to, liable, make conversant, make used to, practice, predilection, preference, put on to, put to, tendency, tip off, used, used to
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accustomedawaken tobecome adept inbecome aware ofbring into usecome to knowcustomfamiliarizegain friendshipget lay of landget lowdown onget to knowget with itgivenhabithabituatedin the habit ofinclinedlet down hairlet knowlet next toliablemake conversantmake used topracticepredilectionpreferenceput on to
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