addict (noun)

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• addict — ad·dict 1 /ə dikt/ vt: to cause (a person) to become physiologically dependent upon a drug ad·dict 2 / a dikt/ n: one who is addicted to a drug Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• addict — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is addicted to something …   English terms dictionary

• addict — noun (C) 1 someone who is unable to stop taking drugs: treatment centers for addicts | drug/heroin/morphine etc addict: Many heroin addicts have contracted AIDS. 2 someone who spends too much time doing something they like: a television addict …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• addict — noun 1) stealing money for your next high, just like the addicts out in the street a barbiturate addict Syn: abuser, user, drug addict; informal junkie, druggie, head, freak, pill popper, dope fiend 2) informal skiing addicts Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• addict — noun a person who is addicted to something. Origin early 20th cent.: from the obs. verb addict, which was a back form. from addicted …   English new terms dictionary

• addict — noun 1) a heroin addict Syn: abuser; informal junkie, druggy, head, freak; N.Amer.; informal hophead 2) informal skiing addicts Syn: enthusiast, fan, lover …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• addict — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cocaine, drug, heroin, etc. ▪ computer, television, etc. ▪ Many young boys become computer addicts …   Collocations dictionary

• addict */ — UK [ˈædɪkt] / US noun [countable] Word forms addict : singular addict plural addicts 1) someone who takes illegal or harmful drugs and cannot stop 2) someone who likes a particular activity very much and spends as much time as they can doing it a …   English dictionary

• addict — [ˈædɪkt] noun [C] 1) someone who cannot stop taking illegal or harmful drugs a heroin addict[/ex] 2) someone who likes doing a particular activity very much a TV addict[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• addict — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin addictus, past participle of addicere to favor, from ad + dicere to say more at diction Date: 1534 1. to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively < addicted to gambling > 2. to cause …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• addict — ad|dict [ ædıkt ] noun count * someone who takes illegal or harmful drugs and cannot stop a. someone who likes a particular activity very much and spends as much time as they can doing it: a TV addict …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English