susceptible
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- adjective
- /səˈsɛptəbl/
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susceptible a
- There were hundreds of other diseases to which they were susceptible; why not this one?
- susceptible to disease
- susceptible to infection
- susceptible to manipulation
No, this person is more susceptible than you are to addiction.
- No, this person is more susceptible than you are to addiction.
- That's why the testes are so susceptible to heat changes.
- Now peas are are pretty susceptible to, to burning if it gets hot.
- And everyone knows he is susceptible to bribes.
- Doesn't surprise me because people are so susceptible to believing ridiculous things.
- That tender skin of your body is more susceptible to frostbite, just like your fruit trees.
- There are genotypes that are much more susceptible than others.
- And you guys bias yourself when you're out in the field were all susceptible to biases.
- I think that Netanyahu is susceptible to being compromised.
- But they're more susceptible to like pops.
Examples
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Cold weather makes you more susceptible to sickness.
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Until recently, all microchips were susceptible to damage from the intense magnetic pulse of a nuclear explosion.
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Like, why are we so susceptible to it?
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But I wonder if they would be more or less susceptible to the belief system.
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I think I'm more susceptible to what's happening around.
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And so you would be susceptible to infection by this Organism.
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Even so, fair skinned people are susceptible to sunburn, right?
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I became increasingly susceptible to peer pressure and the bombardment of media messages telling me that being strong, smart, and accomplished was not enough.
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Men who lacked control of their baser instincts were most susceptible to this transformation.
Fiction book (1998) -
Cold weather makes you more susceptible to sickness.
Synonyms
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At risk of being harmed, attacked or influenced
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Likely to get sick or to forget things
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A person who is easily influenced by other people's ideas, especially when young
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Easily accepts other people's ideas
Antonyms
How Susceptible
Surface Forms
Morphology
susceptible = suscept + ible
Although the suffix '-ible' conveys 'able to be', the root 'suscept' is a bound, non‑transparent combining form not recognizable as a standalone English base, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from parts.
Etymology
Susceptible comes from Latin roots sus- and cept, where sus- means 'under' and cept means 'to take', and you can see the same idea in accept and receive. So, to be susceptible is to easily 'take in' feelings, influence, or harm, which is why susceptible people are easily affected.