vaccinate

«vaccinate» in Mova's school dictionary: To give a person or animal a vaccine, usually by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (vaccinate, vaccinates, vaccinated, vaccinating); noun (vaccination, vaccine)

meaning for a pupil

To give a person or animal a vaccine, usually by injection, so that their body learns to fight a disease before catching it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, vaccinating helps the immune system make defences, so people are protected from illnesses like measles, polio or flu. Pets are vaccinated at the vet too. Phrases: get vaccinated, be vaccinated against something.

examples

• The nurse vaccinated the children against measles. tree →
• Our puppy was vaccinated at the vet. tree →
• Have you been vaccinated against flu this year? tree →
• Doctors vaccinate babies to protect them. tree →
• Vaccinating many people stops a disease spreading. tree →
• Farmers vaccinate their cows too. tree →

note

Say «vaccinated against» a disease. The thing given is a «vaccine»; the act is a «vaccination». It is spelled with double c. A vaccine prevents illness; it is not a cure for an illness you already have.

In the corpora

• Many countries vaccinate against chickenpox, and the UK was reported to have added it to the routine childhood vaccines in 2026.
• When many people are vaccinated, the germ cannot spread, which protects even those who cannot be vaccinated.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vaccinate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.