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# alcoholic

adjective (alcoholic); noun (an alcoholic, alcoholics)

«alcoholic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An alcoholic drink has alcohol in it, like beer, wine or whisky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#m1)
2. An alcoholic is a person who has an illness that makes them need to drink alcohol and find it very hard to stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#m2)
3. Non-alcoholic means without alcohol, like juice or lemonade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons it explains why children must not drink alcoholic drinks and why some adults get ill from drinking. In stories it can describe a character who struggles with drink. Phrases: alcoholic drink, non-alcoholic, recovering alcoholic.

### Examples

- Children must never drink alcoholic drinks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x1)
- Wine and beer are alcoholic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x2)
- The party had lots of non-alcoholic punch for the kids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x3)
- Her grandad was an alcoholic, but he stopped drinking long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x4)
- Being an alcoholic is an illness, and people can get help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x5)
- Check the label to see if a drink is alcoholic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x6)
- The shop cannot sell alcoholic drinks to anyone under age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x7)
- Ginger beer is usually non-alcoholic, even though it says "beer". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/#x8)

### Note

Starts with a vowel sound: "an alcoholic". Respect matters: many people prefer "a person with alcohol addiction". Trap: "-holic" in "chocoholic" or "workaholic" is a joke word meaning someone who loves something a lot, not an illness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alcoholic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alcoholic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alcoholic.html) on Mova free.