habit (noun)

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• habit — ► NOUN 1) a settled or regular tendency or practice. 2) informal an addiction to drugs. 3) general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or mineral. 4) a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order. ► VERB archaic ▪ dress.… …   English terms dictionary

• habit — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ annoying, antisocial (BrE), bad, dangerous, destructive, dirty, disconcerting (BrE), disgusting, filthy, horrible …   Collocations dictionary

• habit — noun 1 STH YOU DO REGULARLY (C, U) something that you do regularly, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before: Dalton was a man of regular habits. | out of habit/from habit (=because it is a habit): After we… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• habit — n 1 Habit, habitude, practice, usage, custom, use, wont are comparable when they mean a way of behaving, doing, or proceeding that has become fixed by constant repetition. These words may be used also as collective or abstract nouns denoting… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• habit — noun 1) it was his habit to go for a run every morning Syn: custom, practice, routine, wont, pattern, convention, way, norm, tradition, matter of course, rule, usage 2) her many irritating habits Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• habit — noun 1》 a settled or regular tendency or practice. 2》 general shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral. 3》 a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order.     ↘archaic clothing; attire. 4》 archaic a person s health …   English new terms dictionary

• habit — I noun acquired mode of behavior, attitude, characteristic behavior, characteristically repeated action, common practice, confirmed way, consuetude, consuetudo, convention, conventionality, course of conduct, custom, customary action, customary… …   Law dictionary

• habit — noun 1) Syn: custom, practice, routine, way 2) informal his cocaine habit Syn: addiction, dependence, craving, fixation …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• habit clinic — noun : a clinic dealing with the prevention and treatment of behavior problems in young children …   Useful english dictionary

• habit spasm — noun : tic 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• habit */*/*/ — UK [ˈhæbɪt] / US noun Word forms habit : singular habit plural habits 1) [countable/uncountable] something that you do often or regularly, often without thinking about it healthy eating habits a good/bad habit: He had acquired some rather bad… …   English dictionary