{
    "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’."
}