addict

CEFRB2

/ˈæd.ɪkt/

noun · adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who cannot stop using a harmful substance or doing an activity.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An adherent or fan (of something).

Examples

  • You could say that Mrs. Smith is a television addict.

  • He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Bound, tied to, obligated.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.

More examples

In context

  • I'm a TV addict.

  • a heroin addict

  • Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)