habitual+doing
11make a career out of (doing) something — phrase to do something regularly, often something wrong or silly, so that you get a reputation for it My brother seems to be making a career out of upsetting people. Thesaurus: habits and habitual behavioursynonym Main entry: career …
12practice — n. 1. Custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition. 2. Use, usage, customary course. 3. Acting out, actual performance, doing, habitual doing. 4. Exercise (as of a profession), pursuit, application. 5. Exercise, drill, habitual performance (for skill …
13rou|tine´ness — rou|tine «roo TEEN», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a fixed, regular method of doing things; habitual doing of the same things in the same way: »Getting up and going to bed are parts of your daily routine. All this sort of thing was fresh and exciting… …
14rou|tine — «roo TEEN», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a fixed, regular method of doing things; habitual doing of the same things in the same way: »Getting up and going to bed are parts of your daily routine. All this sort of thing was fresh and exciting at first,… …
15give up — ► give up 1) cease making an effort; resign oneself to failure. 2) stop the habitual doing or consuming of (something). 3) deliver (a wanted person) to authority. Main Entry: ↑give …
16Dispensation — • An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dispensation Dispensation …
17Continuous and progressive aspects — The continuous and progressive aspects (abbreviated cont and prog) are grammatical aspects that express incomplete action in progress at a specific time: they are non habitual, imperfective aspects. It is a verb category with two principal… …
18United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
19Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban …
20Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …
