subdict-logo

custom

Definition

  • noun: an action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional among the people in a particular group or place
  • noun: a usage or practice common to many or to a particular place or class or habitual with an individual
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: fashion, habit, practice

Examples

  • As new shops have opened people have been taking their 'custom' [='business'] elsewhere.

  • It is the 'custom' for the bride to wear a white dress on her wedding day.

  • We went through 'customs' at the airport without any difficulty.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Spock! Do you have a moment? Of course, Nyota. You should have this back. It belonged to your mother. It is not in a Vulcan custom... ...to receive again that thing which was given as a gift. You guys break up? What did you do? A typically reductive incourin out to. You know Spock, (..)
    2016 Star Trek Beyond