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vaccine rollout

vaccine rollout

3.7
Organized delivery of vaccines to many people
  • noun
  • /vækˈsiːn ˈroʊlˌaʊt/
  • Literature
translation icon : distribución de vacunas
  • The city implemented a well-organized vaccine rollout to ensure everyone received their shots.

That's right, our vaccine rollout lacks the robust technology of the Butterball Hotline.

Examples

  • So that's what's happening with the vaccine rollout across the globe.

  • That's right, our vaccine rollout lacks the robust technology of the Butterball Hotline.

  • So that's what's happening with the vaccine rollout across the globe.

  • The government expects the vaccine rollout to be completed by the end of the year.

  • During the vaccine rollout, healthcare workers were prioritized for vaccination.

Synonyms

rollout
vsvaccine rollout
27 4.4

The official start of offering a new product or service to the public

is specific to public health campaigns and includes direct administration to people

How Widespread

vaccine rollout
  • Literature
3.7
pilot program
  • US
21 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

vaccine + rollout

The MWE's meaning — the organized distribution and administration of vaccines — is directly and compositionally derived from 'vaccine' (a substance that induces an immune response) plus 'rollout' (the public release or implementation of a program). This straightforward noun–noun combination follows a common compositional pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The noun vaccine rollout uses rollout like rolling out a carpet across a floor, creating the picture of vaccines being sent out and set up across a country. So, it means 'the organized sending and giving of vaccines to people'.