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Definition of immunize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

immunize

verb
 
/ˈɪmjənaɪz/
 
/ˈɪmjənaɪz/
(British English also immunise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they immunize
 
/ˈɪmjənaɪz/
 
/ˈɪmjənaɪz/
he / she / it immunizes
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzɪz/
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzɪz/
past simple immunized
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzd/
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzd/
past participle immunized
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzd/
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzd/
-ing form immunizing
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzɪŋ/
 
/ˈɪmjunaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. immunize somebody/something (against something) to protect a person or an animal from a disease, especially by giving them an injection of a vaccine
    • a campaign to immunize children against the common killer diseases
    • Children have been routinely immunized against polio since 1958.
    • They immunized some mice with a dose of the live vaccine.
    compare inoculate, vaccinateTopics Healthcarec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fully
    • routinely
    preposition
    • against
    • with
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See immunize in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee immunize in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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