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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•dict /n. ˈædɪkt; v. əˈdɪkt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Drugsone who is addicted to a substance, activity, or habit: a drug addict;
a sports addict.
v. [~ + object* usually: be + addicted + to + object] - Drugsto cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance:was addicted to cocaine.
- to devote (oneself) compulsively or obsessively:was addicted to jogging.
ad•dic•tive, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•dict (n. ad′ikt;v. ə dikt′),USA pronunciation n. - Drugsa person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance:a drug addict.
v.t. - Drugsto cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
- to habituate or abandon (oneself ) to something compulsively or obsessively:a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games.
- Latin addictus assigned, surrendered (past participle of addīcere, equivalent. to ad- ad- + dic- (variant stem of dīcere to fix, determine) + -tus past participle suffix)
- 1520–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged adherent, devotee; fanatic; junkie.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: addict vb /əˈdɪkt/- (tr; usually passive) often followed by to: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp a narcotic drug)
n /ˈædɪkt/- a person who is addicted, esp to narcotic drugs
- informal a person who is devoted to something: a jazz addict
Etymology: 16th Century: (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 |