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addict
noun
verb
Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity
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ˈæ.dɪkt
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noun
Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity
noun
Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
“A golf addict”
verb
To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
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A golf addict
A car nut
A bodybuilding freak
A news junkie
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