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{
"term": "addiction",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the condition of being unable to stop using or doing something as a habit, especially something harmful",
"sensetop": "addiction to something",
"labels": "(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "cocaine addiction"
},
{
"text": "He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol.",
"contextForm": "addiction to something"
},
{
"text": "an addiction to TV game shows/social media/gambling"
},
{
"text": "She stole money from her parents to feed her addiction."
},
{
"text": "He was struggling to beat his heroin addiction."
},
{
"text": "She had an addiction to heroin."
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues", "Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["alcohol", "cocaine", "drug"],
"verb + addiction": ["become", "turn into", "have"],
"preposition": ["addiction to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɪkʃn/",
"audio": "ad/addiction/addiction__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈdɪkʃn/",
"audio": "ad/addiction/addiction__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (denoting a person's inclination): from Latin addictio(n-), from addicere ‘assign’, from ad- ‘to’ + dicere ‘say’."
}