opiate
pronunciation
How to pronounce opiate in British English:
UK [ˈəʊpiət]
How to pronounce opiate in American English:
US [ˈoʊpiət]
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- Noun:
- a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
Word Origin
- opiate (n.)
- "medicine containing opium," early 15c., from Medieval Latin opiatus, from Latin opium (see opium). Figurative sense of "anything that dulls the feelings" is from 1640s. From 1540s in English as an adjective, "made with or containing opium."
Example
- 1. High dose methadone reduced criminal recidivism in opiate .
- 2. He cannot sleep , not even taking an opiate .
- 3. Religion isn 't the opiate of the masses , fashion is .
- 4. This is why the opiate drugs induce a kind of blissful stupor so different from the animating effect of cocaine and amphetamines .
- 5. Eg. there was once the crisis of opiate addiction spreading in china .