custom

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
2. (countable, uncountable) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
3. (collective, countable, uncountable) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
4. (countable, uncountable) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
5. (countable, uncountable) Traditional beliefs or rituals.
6. (countable, uncountable) A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, etc.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
8. (archaic, uncountable) Toll, tax, or tribute.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
2. (not-comparable) Own, personal, not standard or premade.
3. (especially, not-comparable) Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
4. (archaic, not-comparable) Accustomed; usual.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with customers.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To pay the customs of.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have a custom.

Synonyms

habit

tradition

practice

usage

way

convention

manner

use

fashion

rule

wont

law

routine

method

common practice

ceremony

manners

rite

mores

pattern

ritual

system

culture

precedent

characteristic

style

business

customs

🛃

custom-made

mode

usance

usual

toll

praxis

ordinance

duty

behaviour

utilization

customs duty

impost

habitude

tribute

consuetude

taboo

conduct

property

exercise

regulation

observance

nature

Translations

coutume

costumbre

Brauch

Gewohnheit

Sitte

costume

abitudine

habitude

costume

gebruik

gewoonte

tradition

hábito

συνήθεια

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌstəm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: custume

In summary

PIE word
*ḱóm
PIE word
*swé
From Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, inherited from Latin consuētūdinem, a noun derived from cōnsuēscō, from con- (“with”) + suēscō (“become used or accustomed to”). Doublet of costume and consuetude.
The adjectival form first appears c. 1830.

Sentences

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