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1 ♦ habit
♦ habit /ˈhæbɪt/n.1 [cu] abitudine; vezzo: Smoking is a bad habit, il fumo è una brutta abitudine; eating habits, abitudini alimentari; He has an irritating habit of repeating every question, ha il vezzo irritante di ripetere ogni domanda; to be in the habit (o to have the habit) of, avere l'abitudine di; essere abituato a; to break the habit of doing st., smettere l'abitudine (o rinunciare all'abitudine) di fare qc.; to do st. out of (o from) habit, fare qc. per abitudine; to get (o to fall) into the habit of, prendere l'abitudine di; abituarsi a; to get out of a habit, perdere un'abitudine; OK, you can leave at five, but don't make a habit of it, d'accordo, puoi uscire alle cinque, ma che non diventi un'abitudine2 cattiva abitudine; assuefazione; vizio; (fam.) dipendenza (da droga): ( anche med.) habit-forming, che dà assuefazione; to have a cocaine habit, essere cocainomane; (fam.) to kick the habit, liberarsi dal vizio; smettere ( di fumare, bere ecc.)● habit of mind, mentalità; modo di pensare; atteggiamento mentale □ habit of thought = habit of mind ► sopra □ to be a creature of habit, essere un abitudinario □ (prov.) Habit is second nature, l'abitudine è una seconda natura □ (prov.) Old habits die hard, le vecchie abitudini sono dure a morire.(to) habit /ˈhæbɪt/v. t.2 (arc.) abitareFALSI AMICI: nell'inglese attuale to habit non significa abitare.
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second nature — index habit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
second nature — ► NOUN ▪ a tendency or habit that has become instinctive … English terms dictionary
second nature — noun acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate • Hypernyms: ↑habit, ↑use * * * noun [noncount] : something you can do easily or without much thought because you have done it many times before After a while, using the gearshift… … Useful english dictionary
second nature — noun A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought. But habit had made the endurance of thi … Wiktionary
second nature — noun Date: 1582 an acquired deeply ingrained habit or skill < after a while, using the gearshift become second nature > … New Collegiate Dictionary
second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one s character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him. [1655 65] * * * … Universalium
second nature — /sɛkənd ˈneɪtʃə / (say sekuhnd naychuh) noun habit, tendency, etc., so long practised that it is inalterably fixed in one s character: correcting the English of others is second nature to him …
second nature — Synonyms and related words: automatism, bad habit, characteristic, creature of habit, custom, force of habit, habit, habit pattern, habitude, pattern, peculiarity, practice, praxis, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, trick, usage, use, way, wont … Moby Thesaurus
second nature — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. habit … English dictionary for students
second nature — custom, habit … English contemporary dictionary
second nature — noun a tendency or habit that has become instinctive … English new terms dictionary
