addiction
noun/əˈdɪkʃən/CEFR B2আসক্তি, নেশা
Meaning
A condition in which someone cannot stop using or doing something harmful.
Example sentences
- He is being treated for addiction.আসক্তির চিকিৎসা তিনি নিচ্ছেন।
- Phone addiction affects sleep.ফোনের নেশা ঘুমের ক্ষতি করে।
A common mistake
He has an addiction of gambling.→He has an addiction to gambling.
Addiction takes to, and so does the adjective: addicted to. Note that dependence is the clinical word doctors prefer, because addiction carries blame that a diagnosis should not.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonyms: dependence, habit
Antonyms: abstinence
Similar words, and what each means
- dependence
নির্ভরশীলতা; আসক্তি
The state of needing someone or something in order to manage.
- habit
অভ্যাস
Something you do often and regularly, sometimes without thinking.
Other English words for “আসক্তি, নেশা”
- obsession
A state in which someone thinks about something or someone constantly and cannot stop.
- dependence
The state of needing someone or something in order to manage.
Opposite words
- abstinence
বিরত থাকা, সংযম
The practice of not doing or not having something.
“addiction” elsewhere on EnglishBD
That topic is about individual behaviour — study versus addiction.
Digital Bangladesh →Drug addiction means being unable to stop taking a harmful substance even when it is destroying you.
Drug Addiction →Bad company, addiction, aimless hours on a phone and politics that use students for other people's purposes have ruined many careers that began well.
Student Life →
Where this word is used
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“addiction” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • অনুপ্রাস (একই ধ্বনির পুনরাবৃত্তি)
- • আসক্তি, নেশা
- • গাড়ি ভাগাভাগি করে যাতায়াত
- • মটরশুঁটি
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আসক্তি, নেশা — addiction (noun) — আসক্তি, নেশা. A condition in which someone cannot stop using or doing something harmful.
Which word is closest in meaning to “addiction”?
- • nimbus
- • illumination
- • treble
- • dependence
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dependence — dependence — নির্ভরশীলতা; আসক্তি. The state of needing someone or something in order to manage.
Related words
- dependenceনির্ভরশীলতা; আসক্তিsynonym
- habitঅভ্যাসsynonym
- abstinenceবিরত থাকা, সংযমantonym
- addendumসংযোজন, পরিশিষ্ট-সংযোজনnearby
- adderঅ্যাডার (এক প্রকার ছোট বিষধর সাপ)nearby
- additionalঅতিরিক্ত, বাড়তিnearby
- additionallyঅধিকন্তু, এছাড়াওnearby
- adequateপর্যাপ্ত, যথোপযুক্তsame level
- adequatelyপর্যাপ্তভাবে, যথেষ্ট পরিমাণেsame level
- adjacentসন্নিহিত, পাশাপাশিsame level
- adjusterক্লেইম অ্যাডজাস্টার, দাবি নিষ্পত্তিকারীsame level
- adjustmentসমন্বয়, রদবদলsame level