Susceptible

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

[səˈsɛptɪbl̩]

Definitions

A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Equivalents

Españoldelicado propenso sensiblesensitivo susceptible vulnerable

Françaiscrédule influençable naïfsusceptible

Deutschanfällig beeindruckbar empfänglichempfindlich störempfindlich suszeptible

18 more languages

العربيةسريع التأثير معرض

Catalàsusceptible

Češtinanáchylný

Ελληνικάενδεχόμενος επιδεκτικός

Esperantoincitiĝema

Suomialtis herkkä herkkäuskoinensinisilmäinen soveltuva

Magyar-ható -hető alkalmasérzékeny fogékony hajlamos képes

日本語脆

Қазақ тіліқабылдағыш

Kurdînaîf

Nederlandsvatbaar

Polskipodatny wrażliwy

Portuguêspassível suscetível

Românăsusceptibil

Русскийвосприимчивый поддаю́щийся чувствительный

Svenskakänslig mottaglig

Türkçeduyarlı elverişli müsait

Українськавра́зли́вий сприйня́тливий чутливий

Examples

“In either instance a decrease in the number ⟳ of susceptibles, by making the spread ⟳ of virus less easy, tends towards a stage ⟳ at which the infection dies out.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Susceptibleness Susceptibly susception Susceptively susceptiveness susceptivity

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