HABIT

(REPEATED ACTION) [noun] - something which you do often and regularly, often without knowing that you are doing itI always buy the same brand of toothpaste just out of/from (= because of) habit. [U]I'm trying not to get into (= start) the habit of always having biscuits with my coffee. [C]I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out of (= ended) the habit recently. [C]I was taught to drive by my boyfriend and I'm afraid I've picked up (= caught) some of his bad habits. [C]His eating habits are extraordinary. [C]I'm trying to get him to break (= end intentionally) the habit of switching on the TV when he comes home at night. [C]I don't mind being woken up once or twice in the middle of the night by my flatmate so long as she doesn't make a habit of it (= do it frequently). [C]I'm not really in the habit of looking at (= I don't usually look at) other people's clothes, but even I noticed that awful suit! [C]A habit might be something which other people find slightly annoying.She's got this irritating habit of finishing off other people's sentences.A habit can also refer to the state of being dependent on a drug.a cocaine habitYou can describe something as habit-forming if it makes you want to have or do it repeatedly.Smoking is definitely habit-forming.