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n.
habit
1) to make a ~ of smt.
2) a common, usual; local; universal ~
3) a ~ to + inf. (it was her ~ to drink a glass of wine every evening)
exercise
4) to have ~ (we have ~ today at four o'clock)
5) target ~
6) ~ at, in (~ at tying knots)
7) the ~ to + inf. (I've had enough ~ to pass the test)
professional activity
8) (a) legal; medical; nursing; professional ~
9) (of doctors) a general; group; private ~
10) a lucrative ~
application
11) in; into ~ (to put a theory into ~; in theory and in ~)
method of conducting business
12) sharp, unethical, unfair, unscrupulous ~s
13) ( esp. AE ) fair-trade ~s
USAGE NOTE: In Great Britain, private ~ refers to a ~ that is not under the National Health Service.
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v.
1) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ on (you can ~ mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on me)
2) ( G ) the boy ~d throwing the lasso