| VERB | consumption | habituate, use | take or consume (regularly or habitually) |
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| change | habituate, accustom | make psychologically or physically used (to something) |
| Meaning | Take or consume (regularly or habitually). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | use | |
| Entailed by | addict, hook | To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
| Narrower | board | lodge and take meals (at) |
| drink, tope | drink excessive amounts of alcohol | |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| Spanish | usar, utilizar | |
| Nouns | habit | (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation |
| habit | an established custom | |
| Meaning | make psychologically or physically used (to something). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "She became habituated to the background music" | |
| Synonym | accustom | |
| Narrower | addict, hook | To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) |
| inure, harden, indurate | Cause to accept or become hardened to | |
| teach | accustom gradually to some action or attitude | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Catalan | acostumar, soler | |
| Spanish | acostumbrar, soler | |
| Nouns | habit | excessive use of drugs |
| habituation | a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | |
| habituation | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | |