vaccinate
verb (used with object)
to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
vaccinated
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past participleof vaccinate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vaccinate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vaccinateverb (used with object)to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
Example Sentences
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Nerys Evans, Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health, is also urging people to make sure they are vaccinated against Covid-19, flu and RSV ahead of the winter months.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The agency also said the woman had been "vaccinated and had immunity to dangerous infections with which she worked".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
A possible exposure reported at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last month prompted Kate Mercogliano, a 38-year-old lawyer, to get her seven-month-old vaccinated about five months before she was due to get her first shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Nearly 20,000 young people have been vaccinated in Wales through catch-up clinics, following a deadly outbreak of meningitis B in Kent earlier this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
During the tests he drew blood samples from the people he vaccinated, which he later examined in the laboratory.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
