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addict

noun verb

someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
A
Ends with
T
Contains
DD
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈæ.dɪkt

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Definitions

noun

  1. someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity

noun

  1. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

    “a golf addict”

verb

  1. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

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Example Sentences

a golf addict
a car nut
a bodybuilding freak
a news junkie

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