习惯 — meaning in English

English meaning

• custom noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
• habit noun Something you do regularly, often without thinking about it.
• rote noun A fixed, mechanical way of doing or repeating something, without real understanding.

Senses

习惯 is used for these senses in English:

• custom Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
• habit An action performed on a regular basis.
• rote Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

custom — full definition

1. noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
2. adj Made specifically to someone's particular requirements, rather than mass-produced.
3. noun The regular patronage a business gets from its customers.

habit — full definition

1. noun Something you do regularly, often without thinking about it.
2. noun A strong, hard-to-break dependency on something, especially a drug.

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