ADDICTED


Meaning of ADDICTED in English

1.

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

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

= hooked

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

2.

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

She had become ~ to golf.

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

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