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-# Capable of operating without external [[control]] or intervention.+ 
-#: ''The '''automatic''' clothes washer was a great labor-saving device''+# An [[action]] done on a [[regular]] [[basis]].
-# Acting out of [[habit]]; without conscious thought.+#: ''It’s become a '''habit''' of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.''
-#: ''My reaction of fear was '''automatic'''.''+# An action [[perform]]ed [[repeatedly]] and [[automatical]]ly, usually without [[awareness]].
 +#: ''By force of '''habit''', he dressed for work even though it was holiday.''
 +# A long piece of [[clothing]] [[wear|worn]] by [[monk]]s and [[nun]]s.
 +#: ''It’s interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear '''habits'''''.
 +# A piece of clothing worn [[uniform]]ly for a specific activity.
 +#: ''The new riding '''habits''' of the team looked smashing!''.
 +# 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.''
 +# An [[addiction]].
 +#: ''He has a 10-cigar '''habit'''.''
 + 
 +====Derived terms====
 +* [[habitual]]
 +* [[habituate]]
 + 
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  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.

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