Habit - English meaning

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

Usage examples:

A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

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The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

A way in which something is usually done.

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To attract the best patrons the movie houses had to ape the conventions and the standards of theatres

noun

A way of doing something or appearing that is considered usual and correct

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[ c ] literary conventions, [ u ] he flouted convention by wearing sneakers with his tuxedo., the d…

noun

A large, formal meeting of people who work in the same industry or belong to the same organization or profession

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A convention of shopping center developers, hold/host a convention madrid will host next year's con…

noun

A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

Usage examples:

The old english custom of dancing round the maypole

adjective

Made or done to order; custom-made.

Usage examples:

A custom guitar

noun

A way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time among a group of people

Usage examples:

[ c ] it was a time-honored custom of the club that blue chairs were reserved for senior members on…

noun

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

Usage examples:

Your sunny disposition has a way of rubbing off on those around you

noun

A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

Usage examples:

John was a scientist by training and inclination

noun

A preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

Usage examples:

Tony has a strong inclination toward the arts., if i were in your situation, my inclination would b…

noun

A way in which a thing is done or happens.

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Taking notes in an unobtrusive manner

noun

The way in which something is done

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Please exit the building in an orderly manner., his manner was formal, though friendly., she had a …

noun

A way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done.

Usage examples:

His preferred mode of travel was a kayak

noun

A way of operating, living, or behaving

Usage examples:

Good teachers get their students into a learning mode., each department has its own mode of operati…

noun

A way of doing something

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Mode of transportation/locomotion/production the bicycle is still a crucial mode of transportation …

noun

Something that is usual, typical, or standard.

Usage examples:

Strikes were the norm

verb

Adjust (something) to conform to a norm.

Usage examples:

Recommendations for early identification testing often include the use of commercially available, n…

A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

noun

A repeated decorative design.

Usage examples:

A neat blue herringbone pattern

verb

Decorate with a repeated design.

Usage examples:

He was sitting on a soft carpet patterned in rich colours

noun

A particular way in which something is done or organized, or in which something happens

Usage examples:

Our weather pattern comes from the northwest., a whole variety of behavior patterns affect infants.…

noun

A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual.

Usage examples:

The government's controversial economic policies

noun

A contract of insurance.

Usage examples:

They took out a joint policy

noun

A set of ideas or a plan for action followed by a business, a government, a political party, or a group of people

Usage examples:

The white house said there will be no change in policy., a life-insurance policy

noun

The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it.

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The principles and practice of teaching

verb

Us spelling of practise.

verb

Perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.

Usage examples:

I need to practise my french

noun

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.

Usage examples:

A proclivity for hard work

noun

The fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong

Usage examples:

The sexual proclivities of celebrities, his proclivity for shapely blondes

noun

Liability to suffer from or experience something disagreeable; susceptibility.

Usage examples:

His proneness to injury will seriously mar a promising career

noun

The fact of being likely to suffer from an illness or have a particular negative characteristic

Usage examples:

His proneness to injury forced him to retire from professional football.

noun

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His propensity for violence

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

noun

One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.

Usage examples:

The rules of cricket

verb

Short for australian rules.

noun

An accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do

Usage examples:

The company's chief executive failed to enforce federal workplace rules., if you broke the rule, yo…

noun

A particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way.

Usage examples:

Different styles of management

verb

Archaic term for stylus (sense 2).

suffix

(forming adjectives and adverbs) in a manner characteristic of.

Usage examples:

Family-style

noun

An inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.

Usage examples:

For students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings

noun

A likelihood to happen or to have a particular characteristic or effect

Usage examples:

She has a tendency to work late., there’s a growing tendency to try kids as adults.

noun

The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.

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Members of different castes have by tradition been associated with specific occupations

noun

A way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time, or the practice of following behavior and beliefs that have been so established

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[ c ] it is a western tradition for brides to wear white., [ u ] the dinka people are cattle-farmer…

noun

The action of using something or the fact of being used.

Usage examples:

A survey of water usage

noun

The way in which words are used by the people who speak and write a particular language, or an example of such use

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[ c ] we use african-american, which is the current preferred usage., the study tracks credit card …

noun

The process of using something

Usage examples:

The software allows marketers to track the usage patterns of each customer., the plan offers unlimi…

noun

A method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.

Usage examples:

I hated their way of cooking potatoes

adverb

At or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis).

Usage examples:

His understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target

suffix

Equivalent to -ways.

noun

One's customary behaviour.

Usage examples:

Constance, as was her wont, had paid her little attention

adjective

(of a person) in the habit of doing something; accustomed.

Usage examples:

He was wont to arise at 5.30 every morning

verb

Make or be or become accustomed.

Usage examples:

Wont thy heart to thoughts hereof