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 Definitions of addict  [ˈæd ər]  

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Definition of 'addict' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) addict
one who is addicted to a substance, activity, or habit.

2. (v.t.) addict
to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.

3.  addict
to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively.

Etymology:  (1520–30; < L addictus assigned, surrendered, ptp. of addīcere=ad-ad - +dīcere to fix, determine)

Definition of 'addict' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
"a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"

2. (verb) addict
someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

3. (verb) addict, hook
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)


Definition of 'addict' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) addict
sb dependent on drugs
a heroin addict; recovering addicts

2.  addict
sb who loves doing sth
a movie addict


Definition of 'addict' Webster Dictionary 

1.  addict
addicted; devoted

2. (verb) addict
to apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to

3. (verb) addict
to adapt; to make suitable; to fit


Translation of 'addict' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs
a drug addict; a television addict.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verslaafde Arabic flag Arabic: مُدْمِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пристрастен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: viciado Czech flag Czech: narkoman, závislý člověk German flag German: der/die Süchtige(r)
Danish flag Danish: narkoman (narkotika); tv- Greek flag Greek: εθισμένος Spanish flag Spanish: adicto
Estonian flag Estonian: narkomaan Farsi flag Farsi: معتاد Finnish flag Finnish: addikti
French flag French: intoxiqué/-ée Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָכוּר לְ- Hindi flag Hindi: लत लगा हुआ
Croatian flag Croatian: ovisnik Hungarian flag Hungarian: rabja vminek, (kábítószer Indonesian flag Indonesian: pecandu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fíkill Italian flag Italian: dipendente Japanese flag Japanese: 中毒者
Korean flag Korean: 중독자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: turintis kokią maniją/nes Latvian flag Latvian: kādam kaitīgam ieradumam
Malay flag Malay: penagih Dutch flag Dutch: verslaafde Norwegian flag Norwegian: rusavhengig person, særli
Polish flag Polish: nałogowiec Persian flag Persian: معتاد Pashto flag Pashto: اخته شوي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: viciado Romanian flag Romanian: depen­dent (de) Russian flag Russian: наркоман
Slovak flag Slovak: narkoman, -ka Slovenian flag Slovenian: zasvojenec Serbian flag Serbian: zavisnik
Swedish flag Swedish: missbrukare Thai flag Thai: ผู้ที่หมกมุ่นกับสิ่งใดสิ่ Turkish flag Turkish: tiryaki, bağımlı kimse
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 上癮者 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: наркоман Urdu flag Urdu: عادی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người nghiện Chinese flag Chinese: 有瘾的人

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