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Definitions in simple English

habit Noun

— A habit is something that you do regularly. John, don't bite your fingernails. It's a bad habit. Marjorie has a habit of buying Christmas presents early, hiding them away like a squirrel, and then forgetting all about them. — A habit is what people in certain jobs wear, generally religious jobs. These people can be recognized by their habits. The monk's habit was black. — A habit is the form of growth of a plant or, sometimes, an animal. Some corals grow with a branching habit.

habit

— noun an established custom it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening — noun (= use) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition owls have nocturnal habits she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair long use had hardened him to it — noun a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order — noun attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire) — verb put a habit on — noun the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal) a shrub of spreading habit — noun (= substance abuse) excessive use of drugs

Synonyms habit synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as habit?

habit English » English

custom practice way usage use manner wont fashion behaviour tradition routine habits conduct addiction ways method manners character work rule doings disposition deportment deeds actions action works style riding habit pattern nature movements movement mode manner of life law habitude garment garb exercise doing deed costume convention characteristic utilization usual type trick traditional event

Topics habit topics

What do people use habit to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Culture

Narcotic

What words refer to the need for drugs?

addiction habit dependence

Daily life Clothing

Clothes for special people

What special clothes are worn by religious people?

habit (nun) cowl (monk) robe

Examples habit examples

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Simple sentences

You must get rid of that bad habit.

Habit is second nature.

He scratched his head out of habit.

I must break her of the habit.

I have to break her of the habit.

You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries.

Eating between meals is a bad habit.

Smoking is a bad habit.

It is not easy to get rid of a bad habit.

A bad habit, once formed, is difficult to get rid of.

Beth has a strong habit of interrupting people while they are talking.

You must get rid of the habit of biting your nails.

It became his habit by degrees.

The nervous girl is in the habit of chewing the end of her pencil.

That habit is acquired, not innate.

The habit of smoking is very difficult to get rid of.

I wish I could break the habit of smoking.

It's hard to change a bad habit.

Perry has acquired the habit of thinking aloud.

It's my habit to read on the toilet.

Movie subtitles

Oh, and, some, you know, friendly advice - you should get into the habit of locking your place up when you leave.

Just a habit.

I'm extremely sorry to have to say that your daughter-in-law, before her marriage, was in the habit of being employed as such a woman.

You're old bad habit!

A habit can be cured if the patient wants to.

It's a habit.

I am not in the habit of bargaining when I see something I want.

I hate to return things, it's not my habit.

I will remind the jury of the easy habit of putting on foreigners events that disturb our conscience.

Throwing us out of here is getting to be a regular habit.

It's a habit I've never formed.

There I go again. Sorry. Force of habit.

It's a dangerous habit, a finger loaded firearms in the pocket of one's dressing gown.

And I'll buy her a blue velvet riding habit. She'll love that.

But I warn you, it's a hard habit to get out of.

I've had that habit since I was a kid.

It shows man is a creature of habit.

Julie, your riding habit.

Such a creature of habit, you are.

But he had your unfortunate habit of asking too many questions and now all that's left of him is one boot.

I hope it doesn't get to be a habit.

And I'll buy her a blue velvet riding habit.

With him it's a habit.

I'm set in the habit of loving you.

I also have a report that a certain usher is making a habit of using the men's lavatory on the mezzanine floor for dice and crap games.

That is not our habit.

Well, I don't understand a woman who treats her husband's business as if it were a bad habit she couldn't break him of, and then spends every cent he makes.

SMOKING IS INDEED A DREADFUL HABIT.

Force of habit.

Little habit I picked up recently.

Is your husband in the habit of taking his secretary out to dinner parties?

I don't know if it's love or force of habit, but if you leave me, I'll be very unhappy, and I don't want to be.

I'm not in the habit of joking, sir.

News and current affairs

Italians are in the habit of thinking that tax increases necessarily go only to paying off rich investors, rather than to paying for government services like better roads and schools.

Well-developed markets for real estate derivatives would allow homeowners to kick the gambling habit.

Indeed, by now the evidence that television watching is a dangerous habit has grown to such proportions that it is a wonder that stronger warnings and effective prevention have not been adopted.

The Western media have a habit of going on feeding frenzies.

Cocaine use by high-profile entertainers, executives, models, and socialites who flaunt their illicit drug habit certainly does not help.

This raises a basic credibility issue: how can Europe urge Colombia and Peru to reduce supply when its own drug habit is driving cultivation?

Some wear it out of habit or for traditional reasons rather than religious ones.

In an effort to avoid resolutions or measures that expose their disagreements, the world's great powers have adopted the habit of organizing worldwide debates and conferences that revert to decision-making by consensus.

The citizens of today's free societies are (almost always) democrats out of conviction, custom, and habit.

For a start, the French parliament must be given a greater role and government ministers must drop their habit of blaming Brussels whenever they want to introduce unpopular economic or social reforms.

But special cases have a habit of multiplying.

Most people are creatures of habit; they crave predictability.

The habit of limiting universal human rights to a series of political and moral rights and consigning the economic aspects of humanity to a second, lower tier of our concern is dangerous.

They told me how they had told their parents to quit smoking after learning about the consequences of the habit on health.

Exchange rates have a nasty habit of overshooting their equilibrium values, then knifing back on countries, especially those who have been spending too much based on inflated income valuations.

It might also help Russia and the US overcome their old habit of viewing each other as enemies.

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