Habit

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PronunciationModificar

• IPA: /ˈhæbɪt/, SAMPA: /"h{bIt/

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• Rhymes: -æbɪt

Etymology 1Modificar

From Middle English < Old French habit < Latin habitus (“‘condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire’”) < habeō (“‘I have, hold, keep’”); see have.

NounModificar

1. An action done on a regular basis.

   It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.

2. An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

   By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.

3. A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

   It’s interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits.

4. A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.

   The new riding habits of the team looked smashing!.

5. Customary manner of dress.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     … it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the habit of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.

6. An addiction.

   He has a 10-cigar habit.

Related termsModificar

• exhibit
• habitual
• habituate
• inhibit
• prohibit

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Etymology 2Modificar

From Middle English habiten < Old French habiter < Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō, frequentative of habeō (“‘I have, hold, keep’”); see have.

VerbModificar

1. To clothe.

Related termsModificar

• habitat
• habitation

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External linksModificar

• Habit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Habit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

FrenchModificar

PronunciationModificar

• IPA: /a.bi/

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NounModificar

Habit m. (plural Habits)

1. article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress

Related termsModificar

• habiller
• habillement

PolishModificar

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Patrono:Pl-noun

1. habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns)

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