susceptible
pronunciation
How to pronounce susceptible in British English:
UK [səˈseptəbl]
How to pronounce susceptible in American English:
US [səˈseptəbl]
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- Adjective:
- (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of
- easily impressed emotionally
Word Origin
- susceptible (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Late Latin susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from Latin suscept-, past participle stem of suscipere "to take, catch, take up, lift up; receive, admit; submit to; sustain, support, bear; acknowledge, accept," from sub "up from under" (see sub-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Susceptive in the same sense is recorded from early 15c. Related: Susceptibly.
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Example
- 1. Food prices are particularly susceptible to increased japanese demand .
- 2. These supplies will still be inadequate to cover a world population of 6.8 billion people in which virtually everyone is susceptible to infection by a new and readily contagious virus .
- 3. This erosion makes you more susceptible to food allergens and other harmful pathogens , such as yeast , fungus , candida , and parasites , which contributes to the bloating , gas , and indigestion .
- 4. Those who are most susceptible to the disease have over-zealous repair mechanisms that replace too much liver with useless scar tissue .
- 5. Unlike manufacturing jobs , natural resource industries aren 't susceptible to offshoring when labour costs soar .