How to Pronounce "force of habit"
expression
FORSS-uhv-HAB-it
FAWSS-ov-HAB-it
Definition
When you do something automatically, just because you are used to it, not because you decide to think about it.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈfɔɹs/ /ˈəv/ /ˈhæbət
British English
fˈɔːs/ /ˈɒv/ /hˈæbɪt
Simplified Pronunciation
US
FORSS-uhv-HAB-it
UK
FAWSS-ov-HAB-it
Listen in Context
I locked the door out of force of habit.
She greeted her boss by force of habit.
He took the same route to work out of force of habit.
"Why did you buy coffee?" – "Just force of habit, I guess!"