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    addict

    noun
    noun
    BrE BrE//ˈædɪkt//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈædɪkt//
    Showing interest, Addiction
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  1. 1a person who is unable to stop taking harmful drugs a heroin/drug/nicotine addict the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts Wordfinderdrugabuse, addict, deal, dependence, detoxification, drug, hallucinate, overdose, rehab, withdrawal Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivecocaine, drug, heroin, … See full entry See related entries: Addiction
  2. 2a person who is very interested in something and spends a lot of their free time on it a video game addict Telly addicts will need to splash out on expensive HDTV sets. Many young boys become computer addicts. I used to be a video game addict—I literally spent all my free time playing games. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivecocaine, drug, heroin, … See full entry See related entries: Showing interest
    3.  Word Originearly 20th cent.: from the obsolete verb addict, which was a back-formation from addicted.
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