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habit         
ROUTINE OF BEHAVIOR THAT IS REPEATED REGULARLY AND TENDS TO OCCUR SUBCONSCIOUSLY
Habbit; Habits; Habit formation; Habit (psychology)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A habit is something that you do often or regularly.
He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous...
Many people add salt to their food out of habit, without even tasting it first.
...a survey on eating habits in the UK.
N-VAR: oft N of -ing
2.
A habit is an action which is considered bad that someone does repeatedly and finds it difficult to stop doing.
A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful...
After twenty years as a chain smoker Mr Nathe has given up the habit.
N-COUNT: oft N of -ing
3.
A drug habit is an addiction to a drug such as heroin or cocaine.
She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.
N-COUNT: supp N
4.
A habit is a piece of clothing shaped like a long loose dress, which a nun or monk wears.
N-COUNT
5.
If you say that someone is a creature of habit, you mean that they usually do the same thing at the same time each day, rather than doing new and different things.
PHRASE: creature inflects, usu v-link PHR
6.
If you are in the habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often. If you get into the habit of doing something, you begin to do it regularly or often.
They were in the habit of giving two or three dinner parties a month...
I got into the habit of calling in on Gloria on my way home from work.
PHRASE: v-link PHR -ing
7.
If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
You can phone me at work as long as you don't make a habit of it.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR -ing/n
habit         
ROUTINE OF BEHAVIOR THAT IS REPEATED REGULARLY AND TENDS TO OCCUR SUBCONSCIOUSLY
Habbit; Habits; Habit formation; Habit (psychology)
¦ 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 or constitution.
¦ verb (be habited) archaic be dressed.
Phrases
break (or informal kick) the habit stop engaging in a habitual practice.
Origin
ME: from OFr. abit, habit, from L. habitus 'condition, appearance', from habere 'have, consist of'.
habit         
ROUTINE OF BEHAVIOR THAT IS REPEATED REGULARLY AND TENDS TO OCCUR SUBCONSCIOUSLY
Habbit; Habits; Habit formation; Habit (psychology)
n.
custom
usual manner
1) to acquire, develop, form a habit
2) to make a habit of smt.
3) to get into a habit
4) to break a habit; to get out of a habit; (slang) to kick the habit
5) to break smb. of a habit
6) an annoying; bad; entrenched, ingrained; filthy; good; incurable; nasty; repulsive habit
7) irregular; regular habits
8) a habit of (he has a bad habit of interrupting people)
9) by force of habit
10) out of habit (I did it out of habit)
costume
11) a monk's; nun's; riding habit

Wikipédia

Habit
A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.Butler, Gillian; Hope, Tony.
Exemplos de pronúncia para habit
1. cognitive habit, emotional habit, instinctual habit that
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2. Having this habit, this mental habit,
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3. refreshing habit.
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4. are habit.
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Exemplos do corpo de texto para habit
1. If women do not get into the habit of voting young they tend never to acquire the habit.
2. Romney: Jogging. ___ WORST HABIT DEMOCRATS: Clinton: Chocolate.
3. Tell us your tips on how to kick the habit in reader comments below Celebrity smoking Charlotte Church quits habit to save her voice.
4. And in Blaenau Gwent that habit is already broken.
5. Even in the new century the bad habit remains unchanged.