habitual

/hə'bitjuəl/

Thân thiện

He takes his habitual morning walk through the park.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Done or doing something constantly or as a habit: Describes an action, condition, or behavior that is repeated regularly, often to the point of being automatic or characteristic of a person or thing.
   • Customary, usual: Describes something that is regular, typical, or established by repeated practice.

Usage

• As an attribute (before a noun): Used directly before a noun to describe a characteristic action or state.
  • She has a habitual morning routine.
  • He is a habitual coffee drinker.
• As a predicate (after a linking verb like 'is', 'seems', 'became'): Used after a verb to describe the subject.
  • His lateness became habitual.
  • Such kindness is habitual for her.

Examples

• Describing a repeated action:
  • The manager made his habitual round of the office at 9 a.m.
  • She gave a habitual sigh of frustration.
• Describing a characteristic of a person:
  • He was a habitual gambler, visiting the casino every weekend.
  • The journalist was known as a habitual skeptic.

Advanced Usage

• In legal or formal contexts: Often used to describe a persistent pattern of behavior, sometimes with negative connotations.
  • The court considered his habitual offending when determining the sentence.
  • Habitual residence is a key concept in international law for determining jurisdiction.
• "Habitual of" (less common, slightly formal): In the habit of doing something.
  • He was habitual of working late into the night.

Variants and Related Words

• Habitually (adverb): In a habitual manner; regularly.
  • She habitually checks her phone first thing in the morning.
• Habit (noun): A settled or regular tendency or practice.
  • Brushing your teeth twice a day is a good habit.
• Habituate (verb): To make or become accustomed or used to something.
  • It took time to habituate the animals to the presence of researchers.

Synonyms

• Customary: According to the customs or usual practices.
• Usual: Habitually or typically occurring or done.
• Regular: Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern.
• Chronic (especially for negative habits): Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.

Antonyms

• Occasional: Occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly.
• Unusual: Not habitually or commonly occurring or done.
• Rare: Not occurring very often.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Habitual criminal/offender: A person who has been convicted of multiple crimes and is considered likely to reoffend.
  • The state has stricter penalties for habitual offenders.
• Force of habit: Something done automatically because it has been done so many times before.
  • I reached for my old phone out of force of habit.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. commonly used or practiced; usual
   • his accustomed thoroughness
   • took his customary morning walk
   • his habitual comment
   • with her wonted candor

Từ đồng nghĩa

• accustomed
• customary
• wonted