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Different cultures have different customs.
What does Customs mean?
Traditional ways of behaving in a group or culture.
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Traditional ways of behaving in a group or culture.
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Customs in a sentence
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The lesson compared holiday customs around the world.
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Customs are shared habits or traditions that help define a group.
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What does customs mean?
Customs means traditional ways of behaving in a group or culture.
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Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to customs?
Traditions is close in meaning to customs in this context.
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Which word or phrase is a good contrast to customs?
Innovations gives a useful opposite or contrast to customs.
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MeaningCustoms means Traditional ways of behaving in a group or culture.
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traditionsA similar word or phrase for customs in this meaning.
practicesA similar word or phrase for customs in this meaning.
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innovationsA useful contrast to customs in this meaning.
new habitsA useful contrast to customs in this meaning.
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Hint for students
Customs can mean the place or process where officials check goods and travelers entering a country. Customs can also mean traditions.
Common mix-up
Customs is not always about traditions. At an airport, customs means border checks for people and goods.
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Write one sentence that shows customs without using the word customs. Model sentence: At the airport, officials checked passports and asked what travelers were bringing into the country. Clue words: airport, officials checked passports, bringing into the country Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show border checks, not traditions?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: 'Travelers showed their passports at customs.' Why does customs fit better than cafeteria?
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