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səˈsɛp tə bəlsus·cep·ti·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. susceptibleadjective

    (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of

    "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"

  2. susceptibleadjective

    easily impressed emotionally

Wiktionary

  1. susceptiblenoun

    A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

  2. susceptibleadjective

    likely to be affected by something

    He was susceptible to minor ailments

  3. susceptibleadjective

    easily influenced or tricked; credulous

  4. susceptibleadjective

    especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus

  5. Etymology: From susceptibilis, from susceptus, from suscipere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SUSCEPTIBLEadjective

    Capable of admitting.

    Etymology: susceptible, Fr.

    He moulded him platonically to his own idea, delighting first in the choice of the materials, because he found him susceptible of good form. Henry Wotton.

    In their tender years they are more susceptible of virtuous impressions than afterwards, when solicited by vulgar inclinations. Roger L'Estrange.

    Children’s minds are narrow, and usually susceptible but of one thought at once. John Locke, on Education.

    Blow with empty words the susceptible flame. Matthew Prior.

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  1. susceptible

    Susceptible generally refers to being easily affected, influenced, or harmed by something. It describes the state of being vulnerable or prone to a particular negative outcome, often due to a lack of resistance or immunity against a specific element, situation, or disease.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Susceptibleadjective

    capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration

  2. Susceptibleadjective

    capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart

  3. Etymology: [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Susceptible

    sus-sep′ti-bl, adj. capable of receiving anything: impressible: disposed to admit.—ns. Susceptibil′ity, Suscep′tibleness, quality of being susceptible: capability: sensibility.—adv. Suscep′tibly.—adj. Suscep′tive, capable of receiving or admitting: readily admitting.—ns. Suscep′tiveness; Susceptiv′ity; Suscep′tor; Suscip′iency.—adj. Suscip′ient. [Fr.,—L. suscipĕre, susceptum, to take up—sub, up, capĕre, to take.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of susceptible in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of susceptible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of susceptible in a Sentence

  1. Alan Woodward:

    Once inside a network it seeks out and affects any susceptible computer it can find on the network, the only sensible way to tackle it is to 'pull the plug' so that it can't spread any more until you can isolate the affected machines and work out a remediation plan.

  2. Huang Xiangmo:

    There are many Australian companies in China, aren't they more likely to be susceptible to potential manipulation by the Chinese government?

  3. Van Kerkhove:

    What they found is molecular evidence that animals were sold at that market. That was suspected, but they found molecular evidence of that. And also that some of the animals that were there were susceptible to SARS-CoV2 infection, and some of those animals include raccoon dogs, this does n’t change our approach to studying the origins of Covid-19. It just tells us that more data exists, and that data needs to be shared in full.

  4. Greg Portell:

    Retailers relying on debt to finance their growth have always been particularly susceptible to slowdowns.

  5. Simon Clarke:

    The reason why cold weather is presumed to cause spreading of coughs, colds and flu is that cold air causes irritation in the nasal passages and airways, which makes us more susceptible to viral infection.

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    difficult or impossible to perceive or discern
    A indiscernible
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