Definizione monolingua

habit

habit (third-person singular simple present habits, present participle habiting, simple past and past participle habited)

1. To clothe.
2. (archaic) To inhabit.

habit (plural habits)

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.

Definizione dizionario habit

	abitudine
	an action done on a regular basis
	action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness
	Usanze e consuetudini tipiche di una collettività o di un gruppo sociale.

vizio

	costume
	Usanze e consuetudini tipiche di una collettività o di un gruppo sociale.

	tonaca
	long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns

	consuetudine
	an action done on a regular basis

	uniforme
	piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity

abito

assuefazione

costumanza

qualità

saio

usanza

uso

veste

vezio

vezzo

Altri significati:

An addiction.

addiction

A piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.

a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice)

An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

(archaic) To inhabit.

(bad) habit

Customary manner of dress.

A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.

clothe

To clothe.

An action done on a regular basis.