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habit
1[ hab-it ]
noun
- an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:
the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- customary practice or use:
Daily bathing is an American habit.
Synonyms: ,
- a particular practice, custom, or usage:
the habit of shaking hands.
- a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality:
She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
- Often the habit. addiction, especially to narcotics.
- mental character or disposition:
a habit of mind.
- characteristic bodily or physical condition.
- the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism:
a twining habit.
- the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
- garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.:
a monk's habit.
Synonyms: ,
- the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.
habit
2[ hab-it ]
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to dwell in.
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to dwell.
habit
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
- a tendency or disposition to act in a particular way
- established custom, usual practice, etc
- psychol a learned behavioural response that has become associated with a particular situation, esp one frequently repeated
- mental disposition or attitude
a good working habit of mind
- a practice or substance to which a person is addicted
drink has become a habit with him
- the state of being dependent on something, esp a drug
- botany zoology the method of growth, type of existence, behaviour, or general appearance of a plant or animal
a burrowing habit
a climbing habit
- the customary apparel of a particular occupation, rank, etc, now esp the costume of a nun or monk
- Also calledriding habit a woman's riding dress
- crystallog short for crystal habit
habit
- The characteristic shape of a crystal, such as the cubic habit that is characteristic of pyrite.
- The characteristic manner of growth of a plant. For example, grape plants and ivy display a vining habit.
Word History and Origins
Origin of habit1
Word History and Origins
Origin of habit1
Idioms and Phrases
- old habits die hard. old habits die hard.
More idioms and phrases containing habit
see kick a habit .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Despite public objections to more warehousing, the industry has been growing largely due to a shift in people's spending habits.
The report flags India's habit of reaching for criminal law to solve just about everything - even the mundane.
Even $1 billion and the complete and total financial freedom to do whatever she wants with her life isn’t enough to deter Rowling’s chronic posting habit.
In those days of “enhanced interrogation,” I was already arguing that accepting such lawless behavior could well become an American habit.
However, the BBC noted in the same statement that Match of the Day "continually evolves for changing viewing habits".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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