Susceptible Meaning
[səˈsɛptɪbl̩]Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjLikely to be affected by something.
adjEasily influenced or tricked; credulous.
Sentence Examples
They are susceptible to changes in fashion.
She was susceptible to colds.
Socially awkward children are more susceptible to bullying.
CEFR Practice Quiz
People with weak immune systems are ____ to catching colds during the winter season.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Young children are often more ____ to catching a common cold during the winter months than healthy adults today.
Word Origin & History
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back."
— 2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:
"In the next several chapters, we put the basic tools to work in different contexts with particular specification of return and transition equations designed to render the Bellman equation susceptible to further analysis and computation."
— 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 114:
"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."
— 1983, Topley & Wilson, editors, General Microbiology & Immunity, →ISBN, page 417:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
People with weak immune systems are ____ to catching colds during the winter season.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Young children are often more ____ to catching a common cold during the winter months than healthy adults today.