addict
Definition
- n. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- n. someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
- v. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Word forms
- Past participle
- addicted
- Present participle
- addicting
- Past tense
- addicted
- Third person singular
- addicts
Example sentences
vt.
The new video game is so exciting that it can easily addict players for hours.
n.
She is a coffee addict and needs at least two cups every morning.