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CUSTOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accepted or habitual practice
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("custom" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
survival (something that survives)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "custom"):
Americanism (a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens)
Anglicism; Britishism (a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens)
consuetude (a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law)
couvade (a custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child)
Germanism (a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens)
habit; use ((psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition)
hijab (the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home)
rite; ritual (any customary observance or practice)
Derivation:
customary (commonly used or practiced; usual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Habitual patronage
Example:
I have given this tailor my custom for many years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("custom" is a kind of...):
patronage; trade (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A specific practice of long standing
Synonyms:
custom; tradition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("custom" is a kind of...):
practice (knowledge of how something is usually done)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "custom"):
habit; wont (an established custom)
Hadith ((Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions)
institution (a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society)
Derivation:
customary (in accordance with convention or custom)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Money collected under a tariff
Synonyms:
custom; customs; customs duty; impost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("custom" is a kind of...):
duty; tariff (a government tax on imports or exports)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "custom"):
ship money (an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made according to the specifications of an individual
Synonyms:
custom; custom-made
Classified under:
Similar:
bespoke; bespoken; made-to-order; tailor-made; tailored ((of clothing) custom-made)
custom-built; made-to-order (built for a particular individual)
Context examples:
“I do not know,” said the man, “what the custom of the English may be, but it is the custom of the Irish to hate villains.”
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Culture includes language, customs, and beliefs about roles and relationships.
(Culture, NCI Dictionary)
The inevitable variety in customs, attitudes, practices, and behaviors that exists among groups of individuals from different ethnic, racial, or national backgrounds who come into contact within a social unit, organization, or population.
(Cultural Diversity, NCI Thesaurus)
Custom microarrays revealed gene expression levels in laser-microdissected brain regions.
(An Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, NIH)
It includes language, styles of communication, practices, customs, and views on roles and relationships.
(Culture, NCI Thesaurus)
The Fermentation Shared Resource provides services for custom production, purification, and maintenance of microorganisms, microbial products, and other plant and animal cells for use in cancer research by Cancer Center investigators.
(Fermentation Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Oligonucleotide Synthesis Shared Resource provides Cancer Center members with custom chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides of defined sequence.
(Oligonucleotide Synthesis Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times.
(Meal, NCI Thesaurus)
This is not our custom, and of course yours was unsolicited.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He said 'girls', but he meant Jo, for she was the only one who kept up the old custom.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
