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vaccinating

vaccinating is the present participle and gerund of vaccinate.

Meaning of vaccinate

Verb

vaccinate (third-person singular simple present vaccinates, present participle vaccinating, simple past and past participle vaccinated)

  1. (transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
    • You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!1933, Groucho Marx, Duck Soup (movie)
    Synonyms:
    vaccine, vax

Questions about vaccinating

What is vaccinating the present participle and gerund of?
Vaccinating is the present participle and gerund of vaccinate.

Words near vaccinating in the dictionary

  1. vaccinally
  2. vaccinatable
  3. vaccinate
  4. vaccinated
  5. vaccinates
  6. vaccinating
  7. vaccination
  8. vaccination mark
  9. vaccination marks
  10. vaccinationism
  11. vaccinationist

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