First recorded in 1375–1425.
Comes from Latin, from the past participle of inveterāre, “to grow old, allow to grow old, preserve.\"
Inveterāre contains veter-, the stem of vetus, meaning “old,\" which is also the stem of the word veteran.
Sign up for more Word of the Day!

\r\nEXAMPLES OF INVETERATE\r\n

The inveterate procrastinator always left things until the last minute.
As an inveterate optimist, she always saw the bright side of every situation.

\r\nIt's National Poetry Month, and we’ve created a challenge that really is for everyone. Submit now!","audio":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/I02/I0281600.mp3","definitions":[{"partofspeech":"adjective","data":"settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like."}],"examples":[],"imageUrl":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/inveterate_IG.png","accentColor":"#0063D7"}},"status":"succeeded"}},"meta":{"requestId":"qwqPDyPn4l8__6W7dIjys","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchWordsNearby/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"before":[{"slug":"haber-process","entry":"Haber process"},{"slug":"habile","entry":"habile"},{"slug":"habiliment","entry":"habiliment"},{"slug":"habilitate","entry":"habilitate"},{"slug":"habilitation","entry":"habilitation"}],"after":[{"slug":"habiru","entry":"Habiru"},{"slug":"habit","entry":"habit"},{"slug":"habitable","entry":"habitable"},{"slug":"habitan","entry":"habitan"},{"slug":"habitancy","entry":"habitancy"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"habima"},"requestId":"jS2ioPoKJYAPxjOZyDPGx","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"habima"},"requestId":"LMwPnArm63UVU0rfKPyIs","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchDictionaryResults/fulfilled","payload":{"slugs":[{"entries":[{"__typename":"Entry","audioPronunciations":[{"mpeg":"https://nonprod-audio.dictionary.com/H00/H0002600/H0002600.mp3"}],"confusableNotes":[],"genderNotes":[],"grammarNotes":[],"headword":{"displayForm":"Habima","slug":"habima"},"idioms":[],"orderKey":99999010,"ordinal":10,"origin":null,"partOfSpeechBlock":[{"definitions":[{"antonymsConnection":{"edges":[]},"definitionSetChunks":"[{\"type\": \"def\", \"children\": [{\"text\": \"a Hebrew-language theater company, founded in Moscow in 1917: now the national theater of Israel.\", \"type\": \"text\"}]}]","examples":[],"ordinal":1,"subdefinitions":[],"synonymsConnection":{"edges":[]}}],"inflectionSets":[],"labelSet":null,"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationNotes":[],"pronunciationSet":{"pronunciationSetChunk":"{\"type\": \"pronunciation_set\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-2212\", \"pronunciationGroupChunks\": [{\"type\": \"pronunciation_group\", \"punc\": \"comma\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-2211\", \"ipaChunks\": [{\"text\": \"h\\u0251\\u02c8bi m\\u0259\", \"type\": \"text\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-2210\"}], \"spellChunks\": [{\"text\": \"hah-\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"bee\", \"type\": \"bold\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-220e\"}, {\"text\": \"-m\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"uh\", \"type\": \"emphasis\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-220d\"}]}, {\"type\": \"pronunciation_group\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-220c\", \"ipaChunks\": [{\"text\": \"\\u02cch\\u0251 bi\\u02c8m\\u0251\", \"type\": \"text\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-220b\"}], \"spellChunks\": [{\"text\": \"hah-bee-\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"mah\", \"type\": \"bold\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-2209\"}]}]}"},"relatedFormSets":[],"sensitiveNotes":[],"spellingNotes":[],"synonymStudy":[],"usageAlerts":[],"usageNotes":[],"variants":[],"verbPhrases":[]}],"url":"habima"}]},"meta":{"arg":{"slug":"habima"},"requestId":"eWE8hfAfuppP-6EfDl71e","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchResultsData/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"url":"habima","displayForm":"Habima","canonicalSlug":"habima","content":[{"source":"luna","entries":[{"id":"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e68e10e.-2216","type":"normal","entry":"Habima","entrySyllabified":"Ha·bi·ma","entryVariants":[],"homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"ipa":"hɑˈbi mə, ˌhɑ biˈmɑ ","spell":"hah-bee-muh, hah-bee-mah ","audio":{"audio/ogg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/H00/H0002600.ogg","audio/mpeg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/H00/H0002600.mp3"}},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"a Hebrew-language theater company, founded in Moscow in 1917: now the national theater of Israel.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]}],"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":""}],"origin":null,"originData":null,"supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":["Also called Habima Theatre. "],"variantSpellings":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":[],"confusables":[]}]}],"nearbyWordOrdinal":68515,"index-rank-01":["habima"],"index-rank-02":[],"index-rank-03":["habima theatre"],"index-rank-04":["habima's","habimas","habimas'"],"index-rank-05":["habima theatre's","habima theatres","habima theatres'"],"index-rank-06":[],"index-rank-07":[],"index-rank-08":[],"index-rank-09":[],"index-rank-10":[],"index-rank-11":[],"index-rank-12":[],"index-rank-13":[],"index-rank-14":[],"index-rank-15":[],"tunaSlug":null,"isFeaturedMetaSlug":false}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"habima"},"requestId":"8HBpx7EqjwkDWUE7yhbt7","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"luna":["Habima","haoma","HBM","Hama","Hába","H-beam","Habana","H-bomb","Hobbema","Hakim","habit","hakim","halma","Habiru","habile","bama","H.B.M.","hamba","Boma","bimah","boma","habu","homa","Habermas","BIM","BMA","Bim","HAM","HIM","Ham","ham","him","ABM","Obama","abeam","haram","haema-","-haemia","HARM","HIMI","Hab.","Hamm","bema","haem","hame","harm","haem-","-hemia","hema-","H.I.M."],"tuna":["hbomb","H-bomb","h bomb","habit","ham","him","ABM","abomb","labium","harm","hammy","harem","A-bomb","a bomb"],"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"Habima","slug":"habima"},{"displayForm":"haoma","slug":"haoma"},{"displayForm":"HBM","slug":"hb-m"},{"displayForm":"Hama","slug":"hama"},{"displayForm":"Hába","slug":"haba"},{"displayForm":"H-beam","slug":"h-beam"},{"displayForm":"Habana","slug":"habana"},{"displayForm":"H-bomb","slug":"h-bomb"},{"displayForm":"Hobbema","slug":"hobbema"},{"displayForm":"Hakim","slug":"hakim"},{"displayForm":"habit","slug":"habit"},{"displayForm":"hakim","slug":"hakim"},{"displayForm":"halma","slug":"halma"},{"displayForm":"Habiru","slug":"habiru"},{"displayForm":"habile","slug":"habile"},{"displayForm":"bama","slug":"bama"},{"displayForm":"H.B.M.","slug":"hb-m"},{"displayForm":"hamba","slug":"hamba"},{"displayForm":"Boma","slug":"boma"},{"displayForm":"bimah","slug":"bimah"},{"displayForm":"boma","slug":"boma"},{"displayForm":"habu","slug":"habu"},{"displayForm":"homa","slug":"homa"},{"displayForm":"Habermas","slug":"habermas"},{"displayForm":"BIM","slug":"bim"},{"displayForm":"BMA","slug":"bma"},{"displayForm":"Bim","slug":"bim"},{"displayForm":"HAM","slug":"ham"},{"displayForm":"HIM","slug":"him"},{"displayForm":"Ham","slug":"ham"},{"displayForm":"ham","slug":"ham"},{"displayForm":"him","slug":"him"},{"displayForm":"ABM","slug":"abm"},{"displayForm":"Obama","slug":"obama"},{"displayForm":"abeam","slug":"abeam"},{"displayForm":"haram","slug":"haram"},{"displayForm":"haema-","slug":"haema-"},{"displayForm":"-haemia","slug":"-haemia"},{"displayForm":"HARM","slug":"harm"},{"displayForm":"HIMI","slug":"himi"},{"displayForm":"Hab.","slug":"hab"},{"displayForm":"Hamm","slug":"hamm"},{"displayForm":"bema","slug":"bema"},{"displayForm":"haem","slug":"haem"},{"displayForm":"hame","slug":"hame"},{"displayForm":"harm","slug":"harm"},{"displayForm":"haem-","slug":"haem"},{"displayForm":"-hemia","slug":"-hemia"},{"displayForm":"hema-","slug":"hema-"},{"displayForm":"H.I.M.","slug":"him"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"hbomb","slug":"hbomb"},{"displayForm":"H-bomb","slug":"h-bomb"},{"displayForm":"h bomb","slug":"h%20bomb"},{"displayForm":"habit","slug":"habit"},{"displayForm":"ham","slug":"ham"},{"displayForm":"him","slug":"him"},{"displayForm":"ABM","slug":"abm"},{"displayForm":"abomb","slug":"abomb"},{"displayForm":"labium","slug":"labium"},{"displayForm":"harm","slug":"harm"},{"displayForm":"hammy","slug":"hammy"},{"displayForm":"harem","slug":"harem"},{"displayForm":"A-bomb","slug":"a-bomb"},{"displayForm":"a bomb","slug":"a%20bomb"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"habima"},"requestId":"qU1bjhPQXS4eeZDknhEXP","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

Habima

noun

Word of the Day