Addicted Meaning
/əˈdɪktɪd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving a biochemical addiction.
adjDevoted to or obsessed with something.
"[…] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it."— 1834, William Swainson, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History, page 26:
verbsimple past and past participle of addict
Sentence Examples
Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs.
A person who is addicted to work is called a workaholic.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He became so ____ to video games that he neglected his homework and sleep.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many people find it hard to stop once they become ____ to social media.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He became so ____ to video games that he neglected his homework and sleep.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many people find it hard to stop once they become ____ to social media.