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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
addicted
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be addicted to drugs/dependent on drugs (=be unable to stop taking drugs)
▪ People who are addicted to drugs need help.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ By the time he was 16, he was addicted to heroin.
▪ I tried to give up smoking several times before I realized I was addicted.
▪ The children of mothers who use crack or cocaine are often born addicted to the drug.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But the criminals target the illegal events, sell drugs and encourage people to become addicted.
▪ By the time such warnings were printed, he had become addicted, he says.
▪ By the time warnings were introduced, he says, he had become addicted.
▪ In acute cases, the babies are born addicted to cocaine.
▪ Its quite easy to get addicted to it.
▪ She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted.
▪ The tragedy is most of them become addicted.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Addicted

Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.]

  1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. ``They addict themselves to the civil law.''
    --Evelyn.

    He is addicted to his study.
    --Beau. & Fl.

    That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
    --Adventurer.

    His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
    --Fuller.

    A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
    --Macaulay.

  2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]

    The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
    --Evelyn.

    Syn: Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. ``Addicted to staying at home.''
    --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
addicted

1530s, "delivered over" by judicial sentence; past participle adjective from addict (v.). Modern sense of "dependent" is short for self-addicted "to give over or award (oneself) to someone or some practice" (1560s; exact phrase from c.1600); specialization to narcotics dependency is from c.1910.

Wiktionary
addicted
  1. Being physically or psychologically dependent on something. v

  2. (en-past of: addict)

WordNet
addicted

adj. compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocain" [ant: unaddicted]

Wikipedia
Addicted

Addicted may refer to:

Addicted (Simple Plan song)

"Addicted" is the third single by the Canadian pop punk band Simple Plan from the group's debut album No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls.

It is featured on the Karaoke Revolution video game.

Addicted (2002 film)

Addicted is a 2002 South Korean thriller film directed by Park Young-hoon and starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Mi-yeon. In 2009 it was remade into an American film called Possession.

Addicted (Sweetbox album)

Addicted is the sixth studio album of Sweetbox and the fifth and final studio album with Jade Villalon as front-woman. It was released on March 1, 2006, in Japan. The first press edition included a cardboard slipcase. In Japan the album sold over 100,000 copies and reached the Gold Status. The Korean version of the album includes a bonus DVD featuring five live performances. The album saw a return to the upbeat, dance sounds of the Jade album, while incorporating newer musical trends. The album also saw a return to sampling famous classical pieces, heard on 'Addicted' and 'Here Comes The Sun'.

Six of the tracks featured on Addicted were composed by Jade and Geo for Ayumi Hamasaki to release. While Ayumi Hamasaki re-wrote the lyrics (also writing them in Japanese), and re-arranged the songs with many vocal melodies original to her for her own redentions, the versions released on Addicted contain the original compositions, lyrics, and vocal melodies written by Jade and Geo. Hamasaki's versions appear on her album (Miss)understood.

Addicted sold 121,397 copies and became the 111th best-selling album of 2006.

Addicted (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Addicted" is a soft rock by singer Enrique Iglesias. It was the first single from his album 7.

Addicted (Ace Young song)

"Addicted" is Ace Young's second single, after his 2006 song "Scattered". "Addicted" is the first and only single from his self-titled 2008 CD. The song was written by Desmond Child and Andreas Carlsson, who was part of the team who wrote for the Backstreet Boys. It was produced by Desmond Child.

The song features a guitar solo by former Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5.

Addicted (Saving Abel song)

"Addicted" is the first single written and performed by American rock band Saving Abel, which appeared on their self-titled debut studio album of the same name as the second track. The single was released in March 2008 through Virgin Records, and it was produced by Skidd Mills for Skiddo Music, LLC.

Addicted (Cheryl Wheeler song)

"Addicted" is a song written by Cheryl Wheeler, first recorded on her 1986 self-titled debut album. It was later recorded by country music artist Dan Seals and released as the lead single for his 1988 album, Rage On. It peaked at number one, and was his eighth consecutive number-one single. Blake Shelton covered the song as a bonus track on his 2011 album Red River Blue.

Addicted (Devin Townsend Project album)

Addicted is the twelfth studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, and the second of six albums in the Devin Townsend Project series. The album was released on November 17, 2009, on Townsend's independent record label HevyDevy Records. The album was written and produced by Townsend, and features Ryan Van Poederooyen, Brian Waddell, Mark Cimino, and Anneke van Giersbergen.

Addicted (Sweetbox song)

Addicted was the first promotional single to be lifted from Sweetbox's sixth studio album, Addicted. It uses a sample from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

It is the only song on the album to have a music video; the video and two remixes (Boom Boom Remix and Pot Black Dirty Mix) are included on the Korean version of the Addicted album, while the video and these two remixes (Boom Boom Remix and Rich Rich Remix) are on the European version of the Addicted album. The Boom Boom Remix can also be found on the remix album Best of 12" Collection; a live version of the song can be heard on the album Live.

Addicted (Danny Fernandes song)

"Addicted" is a song by R&B singer Danny Fernandes. It's the fifth track and single off his debut album Intro.

Addicted (TV series)

Addicted, which is officially trademarked as addicted, is an American reality television series that follows the lives of individuals who are struggling with addiction as they work with interventionist Kristina Wandzilak. The series premiered on TLC on March 17, 2010. Addicted returned with a second season on August 28, 2012 on Discovery Fit & Health, and has also aired on TLC.

Addicted (2014 film)

Addicted is a 2014 American erotic thriller film directed by Bille Woodruff. The film, based on Zane's best-selling novel of the same name and adapted by Christina Welsh and Ernie Barbarash, was released theatrically on October 10, 2014.

Addicted (Bliss n Eso song)

Addicted is a song by Australian hip hop trio Bliss n Eso. It was released 1 August 2010 through Illusive Sounds as the second single from the trio's fourth studio album Running On Air. It debuted at No. 93 on the ARIA Singles Chart, peaked at No. 38 and went on to spend a total of 33 weeks on the chart, making it one of 'Bliss n Eso's' biggest hits. "Addicted" finished at No. 23 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2010. The song's music video was created using stop motion animation with graffiti. "Addicted" received highly positive reviews and is regarded to be one of the best songs on Running On Air. The song was certified gold for sales/shipments exceeding 35,000 copies.

Usage examples of "addicted".

Marathe was an addicted man waiting for seeking treatment by admission.

At one time over 90 percent of the adult male population of western society was addicted to it.

Someone who has never been addicted to heroin would be horrified to watch an addict self-inject with the drug.

Rather, it is the attitude that someone who has never been addicted to heroin would have towards a heroin addict.

Being addicted to a drug is like spending your whole life attempting to ski uphill.

I have read that babies whose mothers are addicted to heroin will themselves suffer withdrawal pangs.

Consequently, an addictive personality would mean that I wanted to become addicted, not just to nicotine, but to heroin and any other addictive substance.

Peruvians are enslaved by it, and in Colombia whole populations are addicted to it and the process of slow degeneration from its cumulative effects.

He immediately wrote to Martha, warning her that he thought Fleischl-Marxow may have become addicted to cocaine and that she should be very careful when taking the sample he had sent her lest she did the same.

Often those addicted turned out to be not only doctors and dentists but their wives, too.

He was, however, a morphine addict, so seriously addicted that by the time he stood trial atNuremberghe was dosing himself with up to a hundred pills of paracodeine a day.

He names the beverage Dopokoke and proceeds to make a fortune with it - the terrible punchline being that his own son becomes addicted to the drink and eventually dies.

The outlets I depend on, use for survival and have become addicted to are gone, replaced by Doctors and Nurses and Counselors and Rules and Regulations and Pills and Lectures and Mandatory Meals and Jobs in the morning and none of them do a fucking thing for me.

The cigarette tastes good and it burns my throat and my lungs and though it is the lowest and weakest drug that I am addicted to, it is still a drug and it feels fucking good.

I am not addicted to coffee, it is still a drug and it feels fucking good.