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habit

('h/&/b/I/t )

an established custom(noun.cognition)

Example:
It was their habit to dine at 7 every evening.

Synonym:
wont

source: wordnet30
(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition(noun.act)

Example:
Owls have nocturnal habits.
She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair.

Synonym:
use

source: wordnet30
a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)(noun.process)

Example:
A shrub of spreading habit.

source: wordnet30
attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
riding habit

source: wordnet30
excessive use of drugs(noun.act)

Synonym:
drug abuse, substance abuse

source: wordnet30
The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.(noun)

source: webster1913

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