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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryhab·it I \ˈha-bət\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin habitus condition, character, from habēre to have, hold — more at give DATE 13th century1. archaic : clothing2. a. a costume characteristic of a calling, rank, or function a nun's habit b. a costume worn for horseback riding3. manner of conducting oneself : bearing4. bodily appearance or makeup a man of fleshy habit5. the prevailing disposition or character of a person's thoughts and feelings : mental makeup6. a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior her habit of taking a morning walk7. a. a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b. an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary got up early from force of habit c. addiction a drug habit8. characteristic mode of growth or occurrence a grass similar to Indian corn in habit9. of a crystal : characteristic assemblage of forms at crystallization leading to a usual appearance : shapeSynonyms. habit, practice, usage, custom, wont mean a way of acting fixed through repetition. habit implies a doing unconsciously and often compulsively had a habit of tapping his fingers practice suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice our practice is to honor all major credit cards usage suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm western-style dress is now common usage in international business custom applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law the custom of wearing black at funerals wont usually applies to an habitual manner, method, or practice of an individual or group as was her wont, she slept until noon II transitive verb DATE 1594: clothe, dressEnglish Etymologyhabit early 13c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. habit, from L. habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally pp. of habere "to have, to hold, possess," from PIE base *ghabh- "to seize, take, hold, have, give, receive" (cf. Skt. gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" O.Irhttp://O.Ir.gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lith. gabana"armful," gabenti "to remove;" Goth. gabei "riches;" O.E. giefan, O.N. gefa "to give"). Base sense probably "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking. Applied in Latin to both inner and outer states of being, and taken over in both sense by English, though meaning of "dress" is now restricted to monks and nuns. Drug sense is from 1887. Habitual first attested 1520s.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ habithabit / 5hAbit / noun1. [C] a thing that you do often and almost without thinking, especially sth that is hard to stop doing 习惯: You need to change your eating habits. 你得改变你的饮食习惯。 good / bad habits 良好习惯；恶习 He has the irritating habit of biting his nails. 他有咬指甲的讨厌习惯。 It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a habit. 偶尔借点钱倒没关系,但不要养成习惯。 I'd prefer you not to make a habit of it. 我希望你不要习以为常。 I'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment. 我不习惯让陌生人进我家。 I've got into the habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home. 我习惯了一回家就打开电视。 I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late. 我正试图改掉熬夜的习惯。 2. [U] usual behaviour 惯常行为；习性: I only do it out of habit. 我这么做只是出于习惯。 I'm a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things). 我这人做事总是凭习惯。 3. [C] (informal) a strong need to keep using drugs, alcohol or cigarettes regularly (吸毒、喝酒、抽烟的)瘾: He began to finance his habit through burglary. 他开始以盗窃来满足他的毒瘾。 She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit. 她戒过烟,但就是戒不掉。 a 50-a-day habit 每天抽 50 根烟的烟瘾 4. [C] a long piece of clothing worn by a monk or nun (修道士或修女穿的)长袍；道袍；道服 IDIOMS ⇨ see force n.Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishhabit noun ADJ. annoying, anti-social, bad, dirty, disconcerting, horrible, irritating, nasty, unfortunate Life has a nasty habit of repeating itself. | charming (often ironic), endearing, good one of his more endearing habits her charming habit of setting fire to cats | eccentric, odd | old | daily, regular | personal, sexual, social I found some of his personal habits rather disconcerting. | buying, shopping, spending an effort to change the buying habits of the British public | dietary, drinking, eating, feeding | reading, viewing women's television viewing habits | drug, smoking trying to kick the smoking habit VERB + HABIT be in, have She had been in the habit of drinking five or six cups of coffee a day. She's got some very annoying habits. He had an irritating habit of singing tunelessly about the house. | acquire, develop, fall into, form, get into, make I had fallen into my old bad habit of leaving everything until the last minute. Try to get into good habits and eat regular healthy meals. Make a habit of noting down any telephone messages. | become Don't let eating between meals become a habit. | break (yourself of), get out of, give up, kick a difficult habit to break You must break yourself of the habit. I had got out of the habit of going to the pub. | change HABIT + VERB change Even last year the nation's eating habits changed significantly. PREP. by ~ Much of what we do in daily life is done by habit. | out of ~ I sat in my old seat purely out of habit. PHRASES a creature of habit Horses are creatures of habit and like to have a daily routine. | force of habit Mr Norris bellowed from force of habit. | the habit of a lifetime It's hard to change the habits of a lifetime. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun 1 a mode of behaving or doing fixed by constant repetition FF1C;it was his habit to rise earlyFF1E; Synonyms: consuetude, custom, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, trick, usage, use, way, wont Related Words: bent, disposition, inclination, proclivity, tendency, turn; convention, fashion, form, mode, pattern, style; addiction; groove, rote, routine, rut, set 2 Synonyms: PHYSIQUE, build, constitution, habitus Related Words: carcass; framework; contour, outlineWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: riding habit , or force of habit , or full habit , or habit clinic , or habit-forming , or habit spasmhabitI. \ˈhabə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English habit, abit, from Old French, from Latin habitus condition, appearance, attire, character, disposition, habit, from habēre to have, hold — more at give1. archaic a. : clothing, apparel < costly thy habit as thy purse can buy — Shakespeare > : mode of dress < in the vile habit of a village slave — Alexander Pope > b. : a garment or a suit of clothes : outfit2. a. : a costume indicative or characteristic of a calling, rank, or function < monk's habit > b. : riding habit3. : bearing, conduct, behavior — used especially in Scots law in the phrase habit and repute < marriage by habit and repute >4. a. : bodily appearance or makeup : physical type : physique < his corpulent habit of body, natural both to the vigor of his type and to a sedentary way of life — Osbert Sitwell > b. obsolete : the body as a physiological organism : the system of bodily processes c. obsolete : the body's surface5. : the prevailing disposition or character of a person's thoughts and feelings : mental makeup < where he has gone to indulge a contemplative habit — L.J.Halle > < a whole habit of sensibility — F.R.Leavis >6. a. of a person : a settled tendency of behavior or normal manner of procedure : custom, practice, way < contributed letters to the newspapers — a habit that became a lifelong one — B.J.Hendrick > < the local habit of building in perishable materials — Bernard Newman > b. of a thing : a usual manner of occurrence or behavior :tendency < black clouds there have a habit of sitting right on the water — Ira Wolfert > < paste has a habit of going hard and lumpy once opened >7. a. : a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or developed as a physiologic function and showing itself in regularity < the daily bowel habit > or increased facility of performance or in a decreased power of resistance < a drug habit > b. : an acquired or developed mode of behavior or function that has become nearly or completely involuntary < put the keys back in his pocket through force of habit >8. of an organism : characteristic mode of growth or occurrence < elms have a spreading habit > < a grass ubiquitous in its habit >9. : the characteristic crystalline size and form of a substance10. archaic : close acquaintance : familiarity < he inclines to a sort of disgust … with the system and he has few … habits with any of its professors — Edmund Burke >11. : a generic entity occurring as an external or supernatural reality or force constitutive of or acting on an individual12. : addiction 2a < was forced to steal to feed his drug habit >Synonyms: habitude, practice, usage, custom, use, wont: these all have in common the sense of a way of behaving that has become more or less fixed; in most cases they have the sense of such a way considered collectively or in the abstract. habit, usually applying to individuals, signifies a way of acting or thinking done frequently enough to have become unconscious or unpremeditated in each repetition or to have become compulsive < the habit of dawdling on the way to school > < a persistent habit of coughing > < habits of mind > < speech habits > habitude usually suggests habitual or usual state of mind or attitude < you who are so sincere with me are never quite sincere with others. You have contracted this bad habitude from your custom of addressing the people — W.S.Landor > < a confusion of assertions, viewpoints, personal motives and prejudices, and local habitudes can serve only to darken counsel — Yale Review > practice suggests an act, often habitual, repeated with regularity and usually by choice < the team made a practice of leaving their scenarios unfinished until actual production — Current Biography > < promised the people that he would establish democratic practices — Collier's Year Book > < the practice of supplementing poultry and hog feeds with antibiotics — Americana Annual > < the practice of self-examination — Anne Fremantle > usage suggests more a customary action, a practice followed so generally that it has become a social norm < an unwritten constitution comprising ancient British conventions and usage — Americana Annual > < earn a living in a business community without yielding to its usages — W.H.Hamilton > < better versed in diplomatic usage than any of his colleagues — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > custom can apply to habit, practice, or usage that has become public and associated with an individual or group because of its long continuance, its uniformity, and often, its morally compulsive quality < it is the Arabian custom to date, if possible, the birth of sons by unusual events — Current Biography > < in contemporary society it is not a fashion that men wear trousers; it is the custom — Edward Sapir > < the custom — and this is all that it can be properly called — according to which Congress and the President tacitly agree to abide by the interpretation of the Court — M.R.Cohen > use, rare in current speech, signifies a customary act or practice more or less distinctive of an individual or particular group < the polite uses of society > < the religious use and wont of the country people > wont applies to a habitual or customary manner, method, or practice distinguishing an individual or group; it differs from useonly in extending to manner < intended to come oftener to church than had been his wont of late — William Black > < this nice balance between sovereignty and liberty is maintained by use and wont — V.L.Parrington > < a people living by wont in a natural atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust, and consumed by fantasies — V.S.Pritchett >Synonym: see in addition physique.II. transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s): clothe, dress < the nature of such pedantry to habit itself in a harsh and crabbed style — R.M.Weaver >III. verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English habiten to dwell, reside, from Middle French habiter, from Latin habitare to have possession of, inhabit, dwell, abide, from habitus, past participle of habēre to have, hold — more at giveintransitive verbobsolete : live, abidetransitive verb1. archaic : inhabit2. archaic : accustom, habituate

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