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to boost immunity

to boost immunity

1 4.0
To make the body better at fighting disease
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : aumentar la inmunidad
  • Eating a balanced diet rich in vitamins and minerals can boost immunity against infections.
  • help boost immunity
  • help prevent diseases

So you can't boost immunity, but you can make it worse.

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Examples

  • Carrots contain beta carotene, a phytonutrient that's responsible for the immune system's production of T cells and other microbes that boost immunity.

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  • Responses to the question of what they talked about with others included the kind of diet (for example, macrobiotic or organic) that could help develop resistance, permissible or useful forms of exercises, prospects of full recovery, preventing relapse, and whether avoiding certain foods or eating places and using traditional herbs would boost immunity.

    Academic text (2003)

  • So you can't boost immunity, but you can make it worse.

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  • Today we have not only the food available but also the vitamins to boost immunity.

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  • There are at least two trials I know of that are considering medications that could boost immunity, which might be really important in COVID coming forwards.

  • Boosting immunity

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  • Model F, which did not allow subclinical infection to boost immunity, resulted in a duration of immunity estimate of 5.1 years (95% CI 3.9-6.6).

    Academic text (2013)

  • It is inspired by the method of inoculation, or the placement of something that will grow or reproduce, and is most commonly used in respect of the introduction of a serum, vaccine, or mutagenic substance into the body of a human or animal, especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease, earlier practiced in Asia.

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  • Regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle help to boost immunity and improve overall health.

  • Certain supplements are known to boost immunity and help the body fend off illnesses.

Synonyms

to vaccinate
vsto boost immunity
65 3.7

Give a shot to a person or animal to protect them from disease

is a general increase in disease resistance, not just caused by a single vaccine
to immunize
vsto boost immunity
  • Specialized
15 3.9

To give someone a vaccine so they do not get a disease

is broader, improving overall resistance to infections rather than targeting one disease

Antonyms

to impair
61 5.1

To make something worse or less able to work

Surface Forms

boost immunity infinitive
boosted immunity past
boosted immunity past participle
boosting immunity present participle
boosts immunity third person singular

Morphology

boost + immunity

The meaning 'to enhance the body's ability to resist disease' is directly derivable from combining 'boost' (to raise/increase) with 'immunity' (biological resistance). This is a straightforward compositional verb+noun collocation following normal English addition/augmentation patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Boost immunity gives a simple image: boost means to push up and immunity is the body's protection against germs. So it means 'to help the body resist or fight disease'.