infect
verb (used with object)
to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
infected
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past participleof infect.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 infect.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
infectverb (used with object)to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
Example Sentences
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According to the DRC's figures, 10,060 people have been infected and 4,887 have died since the virus was first detected in May in the vast central African country's deadliest outbreak in its history.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
But Bezalel Mfashingabo, 44, a Kenyan flying from Nairobi through Addis Ababa, wasn't too worried because the "infected" are in quarantine in his home country -- and so "there is not much panic".
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
At the war’s end, Mignon escaped to a displaced-persons camp in Bavaria, Germany, where she nearly died of an infected gallbladder and typhus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Certain types of RNA are known to trigger defensive responses, which can place additional stress on infected cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Oh, I can hear it, your throat’s infected.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
