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habit Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it:
- I always buy the same brand of toothpaste out of (= because of) habit.
- I'm trying not to get into (= start) the habit of always having biscuits with my coffee.
- I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out of (= ended) the habit recently.
- I was taught to drive by my boyfriend and I'm afraid I've picked up (= caught) some of his bad habits.
- I'm trying to get him to break (= end intentionally) the habit of switching on the TV when he comes home at night.
- I don't mind being woken up once or twice in the middle of the night by my flatmate so long as she doesn't make a habit of it (= do it frequently).
- I'm not really in the habit of looking at (= I don't usually look at) other people's clothes, but even I noticed that awful suit!
- She has a habit of finishing off other people's sentences.
- a cocaine habit
- figurative humorous I'm afraid I've got a chocolate habit.
1 a special piece of long clothing worn by monks and nuns
2 a particular act or way of acting that you tend to do regularly:
- [ U ] Judy is in the habit of sleeping late on Sundays.
- [ U ] I have the habit of checking my e-mail as soon as I log on to my computer.
- [ C ] Eating between meals is a bad habit.

It's so hard to stop smoking when it's been a lifelong habit.
Get into the habit of tuning your guitar every day before you practise.
Picking your nose is a revolting habit.
Members of the public were asked about their shopping habits.
We've fallen into the habit of getting up late on Saturday mornings.
The first layer to be removed is an acquired political habit.
Trophic diversity is assessed by assigning taxa to trophic habits, thereby revealing the appearance of new components of ecosystem structure over time.
As soon as a few years after quitting the smoking habit, ex-smokers are at a substantially lower risk for myocardial infarction or stroke.