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- Dictionarysusceptible/səˈsɛptɪbl/
adjective
- 1. likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing: "patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection" Similar Opposite
- 2. capable or admitting of: "the problem is not susceptible of a simple solution" Similar Opposite
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SUSCEPTIBLE definition: 1. easily influenced or harmed by something: 2. used to describe someone who is easily emotionally…. Learn more.
susceptible. adjective. /səˈseptəbl/. /səˈseptəbl/. [not usually before noun] susceptible (to something) very likely to be influenced, harmed or affected by something. He's highly susceptible to flattery. Some of these plants are more susceptible to frost damage than others.
1. : capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation. a theory susceptible to proof. 2. : open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency. susceptible to pneumonia. 3. : impressionable, responsive. a susceptible mind. susceptibleness noun. susceptibly. sə-ˈsep-tə-blē. adverb. Synonyms. endangered. exposed. liable.
susceptible. /səˈsɛptəbəl/ /səˈsɛptɪbəl/ IPA guide. Other forms: susceptibly. If you are susceptible to something such as infections or earaches, it means you are likely to become sick with these things. Have you ever received something you don't want?
( especially of an idea or statement) able to be understood, proved, explained, etc. in a particular way: Shakespeare's plays are susceptible to various interpretations.
If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them. Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements. [ + to] James was extremely susceptible to flattery. [ + to] He was, she believes, unusually susceptible to women.
Susceptible definition: admitting or capable of some specified treatment. See examples of SUSCEPTIBLE used in a sentence.
SUSCEPTIBLE meaning: 1. easily influenced or harmed by something: 2. the fact of being susceptible to something. Learn more.
1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible to various interpretations. 2. accessible, liable, or subject to some influence, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery. 3. capable of being affected emotionally.
susceptible. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sus‧cep‧ti‧ble /səˈseptəbəl/ adjective 1 likely to suffer from a particular illness or be affected by a particular problem → immune susceptible to Older people are more susceptible to infections.
