vaccinated

«vaccinated» in Mova's school dictionary: Given a vaccine, a medicine, usually by an injection… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (vaccinated); verb (past tense and past participle of vaccinate)

meaning for a pupil

Given a vaccine, a medicine, usually by an injection, that teaches the body to fight a disease before you catch it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons pupils learn that being vaccinated protects you and other people from diseases like measles, polio and flu. Many children are vaccinated at the doctor's or at school. Pets are vaccinated too. Phrases: get vaccinated, fully vaccinated, vaccinated against.

examples

• I was vaccinated against measles when I was a baby. tree →
• Our dog is vaccinated every year. tree →
• The nurse vaccinated the whole class. tree →
• Being vaccinated helps stop diseases from spreading. tree →
• Have you been vaccinated against flu? tree →
• Edward Jenner made the first vaccine to protect against smallpox. tree →

note

The verb is "vaccinate", the medicine is a "vaccine", the act is "vaccination". Often "vaccinated against" a disease. A vaccine can make your arm sore for a day or two; that is normal. Science: vaccines train the immune system using a weak or harmless part of the germ.

In the corpora

• 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 «vaccinated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.