habit

1 حسابداری و مالی:: عادت

شبکه مترجمین ایران

2 عمومی:: لباس‌ روحانیت‌، مشرب‌، (n):عادت‌، ظ‌اهر، جامه‌، خو

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: habit something you do regularly, often without thinking about it: • Biting your nails is a bad habit. • I always go to the same supermarket, out of habit. mannerism a way of speaking or a small movement of your face or body that is part of your usual behaviour: • Even her mannerisms are the same as her sister’s. custom something that people in a particular society do because it is traditional or the accepted thing to do: • In Japan it is the custom to take off your shoes when you enter a house. tradition a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time: • The tradition of giving Easter eggs goes back hundreds of years. • In many countries, it’s a tradition for the bride to wear white. • It was a family tradition to go for a walk on Christmas Day. practice something that people often do, especially as part of their work or daily life: • The hotel has ended the practice of leaving chocolates in guests’ rooms.

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general::   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 breakYou 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.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: noun custom: It is my habit to eat early.

Simple Definitions

4 general:: habit verbs have a habit (of doing something) • He has a habit of being late. something becomes a habit • Once you you have been driving for a few weeks, it becomes a habit. get into a habit of doing (= start doing something regularly or often ) • Try to get into the habit of walking for 30 minutes each day. get out of a habit of doing (= stop doing something regularly or often ) • She couldn’t get out of the habit of saying 'sorry'. break/kick a habit (= stop doing something that is bad for you ) • I’ve smoked for years, but I really want to kick the habit. develop/form a habit • I developed a habit of eating porridge for breakfast. change your habits • It's sometimes difficult for people to change their habits. adjectives a good/bad habit • Eating healthy food as snacks is a good habit to get into. eating/drinking habits (= the kinds of things you eat or drink regularly ) • You need to change your eating habits. buying/spending habits (= the kinds of things you buy regularly ) • The recession will mean that many people will be changing their spending habits. viewing habits (= the kinds of television shows you regularly watch ) • Parents try to control their children’s viewing habits. sexual habits (= what you normally do in sexual relationships ) • a survey of the sexual habits of gay men personal habits (= the things you normally do each day, for example keeping yourself clean or whether you smoke ) • Some of his personal habits were unpleasant. social habits (= the things people normally do when they are with other people ) • Television changed some of our social habits. an annoying/unpleasant/nasty habit • He had the unpleasant habit of eating with his mouth open. a strange/peculiar/odd habit • He had a lot of peculiar habits, one of them being to stare at you without blinking. phrases be in the habit of doing something • On Friday evenings Carrie was in the habit of visiting her parents. (by/from) force of habit (= used about a habit that is difficult to change ) • I still walk by his house each day - force of habit, I suppose. change/break the habits of a lifetime (= stop doing the things you have done for many years ) • It is hard to change the habits of a lifetime, but you must eat more healthily or you will have a heart attack. have the unfortunate habit of doing something (= do something that makes other people feel embarrassed or offended ) • Teenage girls have the unfortunate habit of laughing too loudly.

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