Meaning Of The Word Addict

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addict
countable noun: An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
countable noun: If you say that someone is an addict, you mean that they like a particular activity very much and spend as much time doing it as they can.

addict in American English
a person addicted to some habit, esp. to the use of a narcotic drug
to give (oneself) up to some strong habit
noun: a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance
transitive verb: to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic

addict in British English
noun: a person who is addicted, esp to narcotic drugs
verb: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp a narcotic drug)

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