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addict
one who is physiologically or psychologically dependent on a substance such as alcohol or a narcotic; one who is addicted to an activity or habit; a fanatic
Not to be confused with:
edict – a decree; an authoritative proclamation or command; a dictum, pronouncement
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ad·dict
(ə-dĭkt′)tr.v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts
1. To cause to have a medically or psychologically significant addiction: The thief was addicted to cocaine. My uncle is addicted to gambling.
2.
a. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually: That show was so good that I became addicted to watching it.
b. To cause to use something on a regular or dependent basis: economies that are addicted to fossil fuels.
n. (ăd′ĭkt)
1. A person who has an addiction, as to narcotics or gambling.
2. A devoted adherent; a fan: a soap-opera addict.
[Latin addīcere, addict-, to sentence : ad-, ad- + dīcere, to adjudge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
addict
vb
(Psychiatry) (often foll by: to) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp a narcotic drug)
n
1. (Medicine) a person who is addicted, esp to narcotic drugs
2. informal a person who is devoted to something: a jazz addict.
[C16: (as adj and as vb; n use C20): from Latin addictus given over, from addīcere to give one's assent to, from ad- to + dīcere to say]
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ad•dict
(n. ˈæd ɪkt; v. əˈdɪkt)n.
1. one who is addicted to a substance, activity, or habit.
v.t. 2. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
3. to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively.
[1520–30; < Latin addictus assigned, surrendered, past participle of addīcere=ad- ad- + dīcere to fix, determine]
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addict
- To addict originally meant "to award as a slave"; an addict now is a slave to his/her habit, from Latin addictus, which, in Roman law, meant "a debtor awarded as a slave to his creditor."See also related terms for slave.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
addict
Past participle: addicted
Gerund: addicting
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Noun | 1. | ![]() gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa |
2. | ![]() caffein addict, caffeine addict - someone addicted to caffeine speed freak - addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) | |
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addict
noun
1. junkie (informal), abuser, user (informal), druggie (informal), freak (informal), fiend (informal), mainliner (slang), smackhead (slang), space cadet (slang), pill-popper (informal), head (slang), pothead (slang), dope-fiend (slang), cokehead (slang), acidhead (slang), hashhead (slang) He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.
Related words
suffix -holic
suffix -holic
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
narkomanzávislý člověk
misbrugertv-narkoman
narkomaani
ovisnik
fíkill
中毒者
중독자
įjunkęsnesaikingai ką nors vartojantis žmogusturintis kokią maniją žmogusžalingas įprotis
narkomāns
zasvojenec
missbrukare
ผู้ติดยาเสพติด
người nghiện
addict
[ˈædɪkt] N1. (addicted to drugs etc) → adicto/a m/f
2. (= enthusiast) → entusiasta mf
I'm a detective story addict → yo soy un entusiasta de la novela policíaca
a telly addict → un(a) teleadicto/a
I'm a detective story addict → yo soy un entusiasta de la novela policíaca
a telly addict → un(a) teleadicto/a
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
addict
[ˈædɪkt] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
addict
n (lit, fig) → Süchtige(r) mf, → Suchtkranke(r) mf; he’s a television/heroin/real addict → er ist fernseh-/heroinsüchtig/richtig süchtig; to become an addict → süchtig werden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
addict
[ˈædɪkt] n → tossicomane m/f, drogato/a (fig) → fanatico/adrug addict → tossicodipendente m/f, tossicomane m/f
heroin addict → eroinomane m/f
television addict → teledipendente m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
addict
(ˈӕdikt) noun a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs. a drug addict; a television addict.
adˈdicted adjective (often with to) dependent on (especially a drug). He is addicted to alcohol.
adˈdiction (-ʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
addict
→ مُدْمِن narkoman misbruger Süchtiger ναρκομανής adicto narkomaani toxicomane ovisnik tossicomane 中毒者 중독자 verslaafde misbruker narkoman viciado наркоман missbrukare ผู้ติดยาเสพติด bağımlı người nghiện 瘾君子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ad·dict
n. adicto-a; vicioso-a,
a. adicto-a, entregado-a, dependiente física o psicológicamente de una sustancia esp. referente a una persona alcohólica o narcómana.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
addict
n adicto -ta mf; drug — drogadicto -ta mf; heroin — heroinómano -na mf, adicto a la heroínaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.