immunize (verb)
1immunize — (also immunise) ► VERB ▪ make immune to infection, typically by inoculation. DERIVATIVES immunization noun …
2immunize — verb a) To make someone or something immune to something. b) To inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease …
3immunize — verb have these children been immunized against rubella? Syn: vaccinate against, inoculate against; protect from, safeguard against …
4immunize — UK [ˈɪmjʊnaɪz] / US [ˈɪmjəˌnaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms immunize : present tense I/you/we/they immunize he/she/it immunizes present participle immunizing past tense immunized past participle immunized medical to prevent someone from getting …
5immunize — (BrE also ise) verb ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ routinely PREPOSITION ▪ against ▪ Children have been routinely immunized against polio since 1958 …
6immunize against — phr verb Immunize against is used with these nouns as the object: ↑diphtheria, ↑measles, ↑polio …
7immunize — im|mu|nize [ ımjə,naız ] verb transitive to prevent someone from getting a particular illness by putting a substance into their body, especially using a needle: immunize someone against something: Most children are immunized against polio. ╾… …
8immunize — also ise BrE verb (T) to protect someone from a particular illness, especially by putting a substance into their body by injection (1): immunize sb against sth: All girls are routinely immunized against German measles. compare vaccinate… …
9immunize — transitive verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 1892 to make immune • immunization noun …
10immunize — [[t]ɪ̱mjʊnaɪz[/t]] immunizes, immunizing, immunized VERB: usu passive If people or animals are immunized, they are made immune to a particular disease, often by being given an injection. [be V ed against n] We should require that every student is …
