Immunize
verb
To give a vaccine to someone in order to protect them from a disease.
The children have been fully immunized against measles.
Often appears as...
- immunize against
- fully immunized
verb
To safeguard from harm or influence, especially in regard to something specific.
He took steps to immunize his business from the economic crisis.
Often appears as...
- immunize against
- immunize from
verb
To give a vaccine to someone in order to protect them from a disease.
The children have been fully immunized against measles.
Often appears as...
- immunize against
- fully immunized
verb
To safeguard from harm or influence, especially in regard to something specific.
He took steps to immunize his business from the economic crisis.
Often appears as...
- immunize against
- immunize from
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Disease Prevention
Immunize is used when someone receives a vaccine to prevent diseases.
Travelers are advised to immunize before visiting certain regions.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Most common in medical and health-related conversations or articles.
Please ensure you immunize your pets against rabies.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventive Action
Implies action taken before exposure to disease, not after.
Countries immunize populations to prevent epidemic outbreaks.
Pro Tip 1/3Disease Prevention
Immunize is used when someone receives a vaccine to prevent diseases.
Travelers are advised to immunize before visiting certain regions.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Most common in medical and health-related conversations or articles.
Please ensure you immunize your pets against rabies.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventive Action
Implies action taken before exposure to disease, not after.
Countries immunize populations to prevent epidemic outbreaks.
Pro Tip 1/3Disease Prevention
Immunize is used when someone receives a vaccine to prevent diseases.
Travelers are advised to immunize before visiting certain regions.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Most common in medical and health-related conversations or articles.
Please ensure you immunize your pets against rabies.
Pro Tip 3/3Preventive Action
Implies action taken before exposure to disease, not after.
Countries immunize populations to prevent epidemic outbreaks.
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Video examples
Esther Duflo: Social...
I gave you three simple answers to three Give lentils to immunize people, provide free bed nets, deworm children. With immunization or bed nets, you can save a life for 300 dollars per life saved. With deworming, you can get
Video examples
Esther Duflo: Social...
I gave you three simple answers to three Give lentils to immunize people, provide free bed nets, deworm children. With immunization or bed nets, you can save a life for 300 dollars per life saved. With deworming, you can get
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Quote examples
Stephanie Coontz
American Author
Deciding together to have a child and sharing in child-rearing do not immunize a marriage. Indeed, collaborative couples can face other problems. They often embark on such an intense style of parenting that they end up paying less attention to each other.
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Robert D. Hare
Canadian Psychologist
All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
What we know is that when girls don't go to school, they earn lower salaries. They get married earlier. They have higher infant and maternal mortality rates. And they're more likely to contract HIV, less likely to immunize their children.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
Right now I belong to the wonderful organization called The Children's Action Network. The first thing we did was immunize 200,000 children across the country against childhood diseases.
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Public Servant
Educated mothers are 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than mothers with no schooling.
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Stephanie Coontz
American Author
Deciding together to have a child and sharing in child-rearing do not immunize a marriage. Indeed, collaborative couples can face other problems. They often embark on such an intense style of parenting that they end up paying less attention to each other.
Quote examples
Robert D. Hare
Canadian Psychologist
All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.
Quote examples
Michelle Obama
American First Lady
What we know is that when girls don't go to school, they earn lower salaries. They get married earlier. They have higher infant and maternal mortality rates. And they're more likely to contract HIV, less likely to immunize their children.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
Right now I belong to the wonderful organization called The Children's Action Network. The first thing we did was immunize 200,000 children across the country against childhood diseases.
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Public Servant
Educated mothers are 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than mothers with no schooling.
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