VACCINATE


Meaning of VACCINATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ væksɪneɪt ]

( vaccinates, vaccinating, vaccinated)

If a person or animal is vaccinated , they are given a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease.

Dogs must be vaccinated against distemper...

Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough?...

Measles, mumps and whooping cough are spreading again because children are not being vaccinated.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed against n , have n V-ed against n , be/get V-ed

• vac‧ci‧na‧tion

(vaccinations)

Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination...

Anyone who wants to avoid the flu should consider getting a vaccination.

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