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  • 61addicted — [əˈdɪktɪd] adj 1) unable to stop taking an illegal or harmful drug He was addicted to cocaine.[/ex] 2) doing a particular activity as much as you can I admit I m addicted to that programme.[/ex] …

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  • 62addicted — addictedness, n. /euh dik tid/, adj. devoted or given up to a practice or habit or to something psychologically or physically habit forming (usually fol. by to): to be addicted to drugs. [1550 60; ADDICT + ED2] * * * …

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  • 63addicted — adjective Being physically or psychologically dependent on something. He is addicted to the Internet …

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  • 64addicted — See addicted, devoted …

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  • 65addicted — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ADVERB ▪ totally ▪ hopelessly PREPOSITION …

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  • 66addicted — ad dic·ted || tɪd adj. devoted to a certain habit, dependent upon ad·dict || ædɪkt n. one who is devoted to a certain habit; habitual drug user v. cause to become dependent on, cause to become addicted to (a habit forming substance);… …

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  • 67addicted — adjective 1》 physically dependent on a particular substance. 2》 informal devoted to a particular interest or activity: he s addicted to computers. Origin C16: from the obs. adjective addict bound or devoted , from L. addict , addicere assign ,… …

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  • 68addicted — /əˈdɪktəd/ (say uh diktuhd) adjective (sometimes followed by to) devoted or given up (to a practice, habit, or substance): *he was addicted to coining unusual, if benign, expletives –colleen mccullough, 1975. –addictedness, noun …

  • 69addicted to — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. given over, given up to, Dependent on, disposed to, inclined, habituated, prone, accustomed, attached, abandoned, wedded, devoted, predisposed, used to, imbued with, fanatic about, obsessed with, wont to, in the habit of …

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  • 70addicted — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. hooked, dependent, devoted, attached, obsessed, disposed to, in the habit, *stuck on, zealous about, *nuts about …

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