confirmed habit

confirmed habit
index habituation, practice (custom)

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  • Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things …   English dictionary for students

  • confirmed — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. marked by long continuance and likely to persist < a confirmed habit > b. fixed in habit and unlikely to change < a confirmed do gooder > 2. having received the rite of confir …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • habit — I noun acquired mode of behavior, attitude, characteristic behavior, characteristically repeated action, common practice, confirmed way, consuetude, consuetudo, convention, conventionality, course of conduct, custom, customary action, customary… …   Law dictionary

  • confirmed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ firmly established in a habit, belief, or way of life: a confirmed bachelor …   English terms dictionary

  • confirmed — [kən fʉrmd′] adj. 1. firmly established, as in a habit or condition; habitual [a confirmed bachelor] 2. chronic, as a disease 3. corroborated; proved 4. a) having received Christian confirmation b) having reaffirmed belief through Jewish… …   English World dictionary

  • confirmed way — index habit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • confirmed — confirmedly /keuhn fur mid lee/, adv. confirmedness /keuhn ferr mid nis, ferrmd /, n. /keuhn ferrmd /, adj. 1. made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed… …   Universalium

  • confirmed — [[t]kənfɜ͟ː(r)md[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n You use confirmed to describe someone who has a particular habit or belief that they are very unlikely to change. I m a confirmed bachelor... Leonard, a confirmed atheist, simply could not understand …   English dictionary

  • confirmed — adjective a) having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual a confirmed liar b) verified or ratified a confirmed treaty Ant …   Wiktionary

  • confirmed — adj. firmly settled in some habit or condition (confirmed in his ways; a confirmed bachelor) …   Useful english dictionary

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