to habituate
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6.7
- verb
- /həˈbɪtʃuˌeɪt/
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habituar
- It took several weeks for my dog to habituate to the sound of the vacuum cleaner.
- become habituated
So we tend to habituate to constants.
- So we tend to habituate to constants.
- Start with the fact that what, what has been found is that people who habituate slower are more creative.
- The bear was kind of not completely docile, but but didn't do any harm habituated to humans.
- He says that even despising pleasure is itself most pleasurable when we're habituated to it.
- The more you train your brain to be grateful, the more it looks and becomes habituated to look for other things to be grateful for.
- And so just as you habituate to smells or to temperature, you also habituate to more complicated things in your life or in society.
- Now they're getting more and more habituated to these asks.
- It's doing things, doing exercises, habituating yourself.
- People become habituated to their limited self.
Examples
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The way these animals behave can vary depending on how habituated they are to humans.
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And so just as you habituate to smells or to temperature, you also habituate to more complicated things in your life or in society.
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Your system cannot habituate to continued noise.
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Because you habituate to the negative.
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The problem is people are so habituated into thinking that you need to lose all this weight in a month.
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So we tend to habituate to constants.
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Our plan is to habituate him to his new good walking behaviors before reintroducing another device.
Academic text (1995) -
I am a teacher by profession and am habituated to being surrounded by pupils.
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Over time, however, you'd become habituated to your living quarters.
Academic text (2011) -
When political democracy is habituated, citizens value and therefore expect rules and procedures that meet a minimum level of "democraticness."
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
514
2.4
Begin to feel comfortable with something that once felt strange
321
3.0
To get used to new conditions like a new place or routine
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3.6
To make someone used to something so it feels normal
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2.9
Slowly get used to a new place or situation
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3.9
Make someone less sensitive to unpleasant things
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3.3
Become comfortable in a new place, job, or routine
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5.2
To get used to a new climate, place, or situation
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6.5
Become used to a new situation so you feel comfortable with it
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6.1
To get used to a new climate or place
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8.9
Become used to something unpleasant so it no longer bothers you
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6.0
To make a plant, word, or custom become common in a new place
To make an idea or habit stay in a person's mind
Do the same things at the same time every day
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Habituate comes from the same root as habit, from Latin habitus meaning 'condition' and habere meaning 'to have'. So to habituate someone is to give them a new 'habit' or make them used to something until it stops feeling strange.