Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Ancient Rome, transitive)To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.

  2. (transitive)To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.

    süchtig machen

    стать зависимымstatʹ zavisimym

  3. (archaic, reflexive)To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.

  5. (obsolete, reflexive)To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.

    пристраститьpristrastitʹ

    to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

  6. (archaic, transitive)To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

Examples

142 sentences
  1. I'm not a drug addict.

    Я не наркоман. — deniko

    ruЯ не наркоман. — marafon

  2. Tom is a heroin addict.

    Томі зловживає героїном. — older

    ruТом — героиновый наркоман. — sharptoothed

    deTom ist heroinabhängig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom was a drug addict.

    Том був наркоманом. — deniko

    ruТом был наркоманом. — marafon

    deTom ist drogenabhängig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'm a TV addict.

    У мене залежність від телевізора. — deniko

    ruЯ попал в зависимость от телевизора. — Selena777

    deIch bin TV-süchtig. — boscowitch

  5. Tom is an addict.

    Том наркоман. — deniko

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to devote or dedicate oneself:
to cause to become addicted:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause to become addicted:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), fr

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)

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Forms

addicts, addicting, addicted, addicted
Base formaddict · to addict
3rd person singularaddicts
Present participleaddicting
Past simpleaddicted
Past participleaddicted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaddict
he, she, itaddicts

Past simpleLesson

all personsaddicted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave addicted
he, she, ithas addicted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill addict

Synonyms

7 synonyms
cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug:get hooked
Close in meaning
  • to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug):hook

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • a drug addict
  • drug addict
  • a heroin addict
  • an an addict
  • heroin addict

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
addict — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto