vaccinate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈvæksɪneɪt/

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• Hyphenation: vac‧ci‧nate

Verb

Plain form vaccinate

Third-person singular vaccinates

Past tense vaccinated

Past participle vaccinated

Present participle vaccinating

1. (transitive) (medicine) If someone is vaccinated, they are given a vaccine to stop them from getting a disease or illness.

   Doctors usually recommend that people are vaccinated against the flu every year.

   Children are typically vaccinated against certain diseases regularly.

Related words

• vaccine
• vaccinated
• vaccination

See also

• immunize / immunise
• inoculate