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# addiction

«addiction» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong need to keep doing or taking something, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an addiction, addictions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An addiction is a strong need to keep doing or taking something, like drugs, alcohol, smoking or gambling, even when it causes harm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#m1)

2) (informal) An addiction can jokingly mean a very strong liking: "my chocolate addiction". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils learn that nicotine, alcohol and some drugs can cause addiction, and that screens and games can be hard to stop too. In stories it explains a character's struggle. Phrases: addiction to, overcome an addiction, screen addiction.

### examples

- Smoking can lead to addiction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x1)
- He got help for his addiction to gambling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x2)
- Nicotine in cigarettes causes addiction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x3)
- Some games are designed to cause a kind of addiction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x4)
- Addiction is an illness, and people can recover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x5)
- Her addiction to sweets is a family joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x6)
- Doctors help people with addiction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x7)
- Talk to an adult you trust if you are worried about someone's addiction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/#x8)

### note

Starts with a vowel: "an addiction". Adjective: addictive (causing addiction), addicted (having it). Person: addict. Trap: "addicted" in joking talk ("I'm addicted to this song") is not a real illness.

### In the corpora

- ["When the fun stops, stop" is a warning betting adverts must include, because gambling can become an addiction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/15/)
- ["In recovery" means recovering from an addiction, such as to alcohol or drugs, and staying off it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/7/)
- ["Went into treatment" means a person went to a clinic (rehab) to get help with an addiction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «addiction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addiction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.