vaccinate
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Definition
- Verb:
- To administer a vaccine to a person or animal: To give a vaccine, typically by injection, to stimulate the immune system and provide protection against a specific disease.
- To produce immunity through inoculation: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to generate an immune response and develop resistance to a pathogen.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- All children should be vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella.
- The health campaign aims to vaccinate the entire population against the flu this season.
- The veterinarian will vaccinate the puppies next week.
Advanced Usage
- "to vaccinate someone against something": The standard construction for specifying the disease being prevented.
- It is crucial to vaccinate the elderly against pneumonia.
- Passive Voice: Commonly used to describe the state of having received a vaccine.
- She was vaccinated as a child, so she is immune to chickenpox.
Variants and Related Words
- Vaccination (n): The act or process of vaccinating someone; the injection of a vaccine.
- Getting a vaccination is a simple way to prevent serious illness.
- Vaccine (n): The biological preparation that provides immunity.
- Scientists developed a new vaccine for the virus.
Synonyms
- Immunize: To make someone immune to a disease, typically by vaccination.
- Inoculate: To introduce a vaccine, serum, or antigenic substance into the body to induce immunity.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(Note: "Vaccinate" is typically not used with phrasal verb particles. The related actions are expressed with prepositions like "against.") - Vaccinate against: The standard prepositional use. - The program seeks to vaccinate everyone against hepatitis B.
Related Idioms
(Note: There are no common idioms that use the verb "vaccinate" itself. Public health slogans or common advice often use the related noun "vaccination.") - "Get your shots": An informal idiom meaning to receive vaccinations. - Before traveling, make sure you get your shots.
Verb
- perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
- We vaccinate against scarlet fever
- The nurse vaccinated the children in the school