adat — 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.
• tradition noun A custom, belief, or practice passed down within a family, community, or culture over generations.

Senses

adat 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.
• tradition A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

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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