opiate

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK)
    • (adjective, noun) enPR: ōʹpē-ət, IPA: /ˈəʊpiət/, X-SAMPA: /"@Upi@t/
    • (verb) enPR: ōʹpē-āt', IPA: /ˈəʊpiˌeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"@Upi%eIt/
  • (US)
    • (adjective, noun) enPR: ōʹpē-ət, IPA: /ˈoʊpiət/, X-SAMPA: /"oUpi@t/
    • (verb) enPR: ōʹpē-āt, IPA: /ˌoʊpieɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"oUpi:eIt/

Adjective [edit]

opiate (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
  2. Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
  3. Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia opiate (plural opiates)

  1. A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
  2. Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

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Verb [edit]

opiate (third-person singular simple present opiates, present participle opiating, simple past and past participle opiated)

  1. (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

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Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

opiāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of opiātus

Lithuanian [edit]

Noun [edit]

opiate m

  1. locative singular form of opiatas.
  2. vocative singular form of opiatas.