How to use custom in a sentence See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Custom adjective [ before noun ] uk / ˈkʌs.təm / us / ˈkʌs.təm / (of a product, feature, etc.) specially designed for a particular person or purpose:
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Custom a practice followed as a matter of course among a people
A habitual practice of an individual
It is her custom to take a walk every night before dinner. Look up custom or customs in wiktionary, the free dictionary Custom, customary, or consuetudinary may refer to: A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
Some common synonyms of custom are habit, practice, usage, and wont While all these words mean a way of acting fixed through repetition, custom applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law. What started as a shop with two workers quickly expanded to 35 workers making up to 80 pairs of boots per week Custom, habit, practice mean an established way of doing things
Custom, applied to a community or to an individual, implies a more or less permanent continuance of a social usage
It is the custom to give gifts at christmas time. There are 18 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word custom, one of which is labelled obsolete
