Customary
adjective
According to the customs or usual practices.
It's customary to greet people with a handshake in many cultures.
Often appears as...
- customary practice
- customary law
adjective
Traditionally accepted.
Under customary law, the land belongs to the indigenous people.
Often appears as...
- customary law
- customary tradition
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Formal
Technical
adjective
According to the customs or usual practices.
It's customary to greet people with a handshake in many cultures.
Often appears as...
- customary practice
- customary law
adjective
Traditionally accepted.
Under customary law, the land belongs to the indigenous people.
Often appears as...
- customary law
- customary tradition
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variations
The meaning of 'customary' can change based on different cultural or regional practices.
In Japan, it's customary to remove your shoes before entering a home.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Interactions
'Customary' often relates to polite behavior expected by society in different situations.
It's customary to say 'thank you' when someone helps you.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations
Understanding what is 'customary' in a setting helps meet others' expectations and avoid awkwardness.
At a formal dinner, it is customary to wait for the host to start eating.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variations
The meaning of 'customary' can change based on different cultural or regional practices.
In Japan, it's customary to remove your shoes before entering a home.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Interactions
'Customary' often relates to polite behavior expected by society in different situations.
It's customary to say 'thank you' when someone helps you.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations
Understanding what is 'customary' in a setting helps meet others' expectations and avoid awkwardness.
At a formal dinner, it is customary to wait for the host to start eating.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Variations
The meaning of 'customary' can change based on different cultural or regional practices.
In Japan, it's customary to remove your shoes before entering a home.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Interactions
'Customary' often relates to polite behavior expected by society in different situations.
It's customary to say 'thank you' when someone helps you.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectations
Understanding what is 'customary' in a setting helps meet others' expectations and avoid awkwardness.
At a formal dinner, it is customary to wait for the host to start eating.
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
you know like it you know it's as what's customary is that the security agents they came to our house they were really nice they not they knocked on my door tied me up whatever but they were really nice and he said listen listen you're about to perform for the president right a couple of things that you shouldn't do like firstly please don't make fun because we believe in your talent but
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piled one over the other beyond them. I never saw such abundance of pure color." With no planes or automobiles and rarely a paved street, North rode donkeys, scaled cliffs, and crossed swamps to reach the plants she wanted. And all this in the customary dress of her day, floor-length gowns.
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Defining cyberwarfare...i...
under customary international law and the Hague conventions. Again, the current legal framework stays silent on hypothetical questions and countless others because there are no easy answers, and there are only two ways to make progress on these peace or new laws.
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How high can you count...
which we use to count to ten. It's no coincidence that the ten symbols we use in our modern numbering system are called digits as well. But that's not the only way to count. In some places, it's customary to go up to twelve on just one hand. How?
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I know where you're wondering and the answer is no I have never played soccer before in my life this is seriously before each game it's customary to greet the other coach to go over the rules on occasion when I would walk out onto the
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Peter Eigen: How to...
who were not used to deal with non-governmental organizations. And in the first session, they all said, "This is not bribery, what we are doing." This is customary there. This is what these other cultures demand. They even applaud it.
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Shereen El-Feki: How to...
have access to legal services and they have equal access to the courts. And also important is talking to communities so that we change interpretations of religious or customary law, which is too often used
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How to expose the...
we are not used to deal with mental organizations and in the first session they all said this is not private what we are doing this is customary there this is what these other
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To learn is to be free PIPE...
It was customary in her family to keep girls inside the homes. But her uncle, who was a university graduate, he wanted to give her an opportunity to see the world,
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Diwali - Festival of...
with plates of delicious holiday treats it's also customary for families to go to the tempest together on this day they all been dress and find new outfits
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
you know like it you know it's as what's customary is that the security agents they came to our house they were really nice they not they knocked on my door tied me up whatever but they were really nice and he said listen listen you're about to perform for the president right a couple of things that you shouldn't do like firstly please don't make fun because we believe in your talent but
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The contributions of...
piled one over the other beyond them. I never saw such abundance of pure color." With no planes or automobiles and rarely a paved street, North rode donkeys, scaled cliffs, and crossed swamps to reach the plants she wanted. And all this in the customary dress of her day, floor-length gowns.
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Defining cyberwarfare...i...
under customary international law and the Hague conventions. Again, the current legal framework stays silent on hypothetical questions and countless others because there are no easy answers, and there are only two ways to make progress on these peace or new laws.
Video examples
How high can you count...
which we use to count to ten. It's no coincidence that the ten symbols we use in our modern numbering system are called digits as well. But that's not the only way to count. In some places, it's customary to go up to twelve on just one hand. How?
Video examples
How to disrupt...
I know where you're wondering and the answer is no I have never played soccer before in my life this is seriously before each game it's customary to greet the other coach to go over the rules on occasion when I would walk out onto the
Video examples
Peter Eigen: How to...
who were not used to deal with non-governmental organizations. And in the first session, they all said, "This is not bribery, what we are doing." This is customary there. This is what these other cultures demand. They even applaud it.
Video examples
Shereen El-Feki: How to...
have access to legal services and they have equal access to the courts. And also important is talking to communities so that we change interpretations of religious or customary law, which is too often used
Video examples
How to expose the...
we are not used to deal with mental organizations and in the first session they all said this is not private what we are doing this is customary there this is what these other
Video examples
To learn is to be free PIPE...
It was customary in her family to keep girls inside the homes. But her uncle, who was a university graduate, he wanted to give her an opportunity to see the world,
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Diwali - Festival of...
with plates of delicious holiday treats it's also customary for families to go to the tempest together on this day they all been dress and find new outfits
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Terry Eagleton
English Critic
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
Avant-garde architects have never been able to depend on the support of the establishment, since the customary patrons of this most conservative and slowly moving art form have historically been resistant to innovation and experiment.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary international law.
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Stacey Snider
American Businesswoman
I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
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Andrew Cuomo
American Politician
Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
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Fernando Torres
Spanish Athlete
At Liverpool, winning is customary.
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Terry Eagleton
English Critic
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and irrational.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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Leon Trotsky
Russian Revolutionary
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
Avant-garde architects have never been able to depend on the support of the establishment, since the customary patrons of this most conservative and slowly moving art form have historically been resistant to innovation and experiment.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary international law.
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Stacey Snider
American Businesswoman
I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
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Andrew Cuomo
American Politician
Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.
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Fernando Torres
Spanish Athlete
At Liverpool, winning is customary.
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