ADDICTED


Meaning of ADDICTED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ədɪktɪd ]

1.

Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.

Many of the women are addicted to heroin and cocaine...

= hooked

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , usu ADJ to n

2.

If you say that someone is addicted to something, you mean that they like it very much and want to spend as much time doing it as possible.

She had become addicted to golf.

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , usu ADJ to n

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