Sekirov Dictionary

habitual

/həˈbɪ.tʃʊ.əl/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 3

adjective4

•
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
- Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.
•
Regular or usual.
- Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.
•
Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
- He’s a habitual chain-smoker.
•
Pertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
- In English, for instance, the Habitual Aspect (used to construction) can combine freely with Progressive Aspect, to give such forms as used to be playing. — 1976

noun2

(informal) One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
•
A construction representing something done habitually.
- Stative verbs such as know and see are not associated with [+perf] since, like habituals, they are associated with a generic operator. — 2004

forms

habituals · more habitual · most habitual

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