Habit | Mean of habit in English Dictionary

/ˈhæbət/

• Noun
• a usual way of behaving
1. It was his habit to take a nap after dinner every evening.
2. It's important that parents teach their children good study/eating habits.
3. He fell/got into some bad habits after graduating from college.
4. It's never easy to break/kick a bad habit.
5. Old habits die hard. [=it is hard to stop doing things that you have been doing for a long time]
6. He had a habit of coughing when he was nervous.
7. He has an annoying/irritating habit of cracking his knuckles.
8. Things have a nasty habit of not turning out the way you expect them to. [=things often do not turn out the way you expect them to]
9. He still gets up early every day from habit.
10. She always closed the door softly out of habit.
11. He reached into his pocket for his keys by/from force of habit. [=he did it without thinking because it is what he usually does]
12. I'm a creature of habit. [=I always do the same things in the same way]
13. I'm in the habit of reading before I go to bed.
14. I'm not in the habit of getting involved in other people's arguments.
15. I'm not in the habit of making predictions, but I don't think there's much doubt about who will win this election.
16. I had gotten into the habit of reading before going to bed.
17. She got in the habit of leaving her keys on the counter so she wouldn't forget them.
18. It's easy to fall into the habit of not eating enough for breakfast.
19. They have made a habit of criticizing each other whenever possible.
20. The team has made a habit of winning the crucial games.
21. Yes, you can leave work early today, but don't make a habit of it.
• a strong need to use a drug, to smoke cigarettes, etc.
1. He hasn't been able to kick his cocaine habit.
2. I used to have a three-pack-a-day cigarette habit. [=I used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day]
• a piece of clothing worn by members of a religious group
1. a monk's/nun's habit