Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: habit
IPA transcription: [h'æbət]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: habit, wont
    Meaning: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"
  • Synonyms: habit, use
    Meaning: (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
  • Synonyms: habit
    Meaning: a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: habit
    Meaning: put a habit on
Usage examples
  • The contrary habit.'
  • Habit is second nature.
  • What good habit does not?
  • His invariable habit, my boy!"
  • The habit remained with him always.
  • “I formed the habit early in life.
  • Of late such had been John Perkins's habit.
  • The habit of years had made his work mechanical.
  • He went to the window and stared out as his habit was.
  • "The Wagner habit is a terrible thing to acquire, Mr. Idiot."