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susceptible
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English
Etymology
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): [səˈsɛptɪbl̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [səˈseptɪbl̩]
Adjective
susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
- Likely to be affected by something.
- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- Vulnerable.
- Amenable.
- 2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 114:
- In the next several chapters, we put the basic tools to work in different contexts with particular specification of return and transition equations designed to render the Bellman equation susceptible to further analysis and computation.
Derived terms
Translations
likely to be affected by
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easily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
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especially sensitive
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that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
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Noun
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
- 1983, Topley & Wilson, editors, General Microbiology & Immunity, →ISBN, page 417:
- In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles, by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.
Coordinate terms
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
susceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural susceptibles)
- sensitive
- subject (de to)
- susceptible de fluctuacions ― subject to fluctuations
- (figuratively) touchy, oversensitive, easily offended
Derived terms
- susceptibilitat
Further reading
- “susceptible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- likely, liable
- Cet incident est susceptible d'entraîner une crise diplomatique.
- This incident is liable to lead to a diplomatic crisis.
- huffy, thin-skinned, touchy
- Évite de le critiquer, il est très susceptible.
- Avoid criticising him, he's very touchy.
Derived terms
References
- “susceptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō (“to undertake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /susθebˈtible/ [sus.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /susebˈtible/ [su.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: sus‧cep‧ti‧ble
Adjective
susceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural susceptibles)
- amenable
- sensitive
- capable (of), susceptible (to) (followed by de, and an action)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “susceptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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