habituates
Gets used to
Habituates means makes accustomed through repeated exposure or practice.
The body habituates to caffeine, requiring more for the same effect.
A person habituates to city noise until it no longer registers.
The eye habituates to darkness after a few minutes.
The word often appears in scientific contexts discussing adaptation or tolerance.
Alters for improvement
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- acclimatesBecomes accustomed to environment
- accustomsMakes gradually comfortable with
- desensitizesMakes less responsive
inures · hardens · attunes · adapts · normalizes · seasons · toughens · familiarizes
Prevailing state of affairs
- trainsLinked rail carriages
- programsCoded instructions for computers
- reinforcesStrengthens or supports further
- shapesExternal outlines of things
modifies · learns · adapts · responds · associates · stimuli · Pavlovian · conditioning
Ceremonial set of actions
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- repetitionAct of redoing
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
regularity · consistency · discipline · conditioning · automaticity · reflex · rote · second-nature
adjusts
Alters for improvement
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- acclimatesBecomes accustomed to environment
- accustomsMakes gradually comfortable with
desensitizes · inures · hardens · attunes · adapts · normalizes · seasons · toughens · familiarizes · sensitizes
conditions
Prevailing state of affairs
- trainsLinked rail carriages
- programsCoded instructions for computers
- reinforcesStrengthens or supports further
shapes · modifies · learns · adapts · responds · associates · stimuli · Pavlovian · conditioning · reward
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- repetitionAct of redoing
practice · regularity · consistency · discipline · conditioning · automaticity · reflex · rote · second-nature · ingrained
habituatessensitizes
Makes responsive to stimuli
sensitises · hypersensitizes · potentiates · excites · arouses