immunize
To make someone or something immune to somethingTo make someone or something immune to something.
» It is important to immunize children against polio.
Es ist wichtig, Kinder gegen Polio zu impfen.
Важно делать детям прививку от полиомиелита.
Важно прививать детей от полиомиелита.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To make someone or something immune to something.
immunisieren
иммунизи́роватьimmunizírovatʹ
імунізува́тиimunizuváty
(transitive)To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.
immunisieren
иммунизи́роватьimmunizírovatʹ
імунізува́тиimunizuváty
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
Examples
3 sentencesIt is important to immunize children against polio.
ruВажно делать детям прививку от полиомиелита.
deEs ist wichtig, Kinder gegen Polio zu impfen.
It's important to get immunized at the beginning of the winter with an up-to-date vaccine against the flu virus.
ruВажно привиться в начале зимы самой последней вакциной против вируса гриппа.
As a teenager, I went to Western-religion church with my parents, but my belief in science immunized me.
deAls Jugendliche bin ich mit meinen Eltern in die Kirche der westlichen Religion gegangen, mein Glaube an die Wissenschaft hat mich aber immunisiert.
Translations
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Origin
From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize.From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize.
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Forms
immunizes, immunizing, immunized, immunizedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle