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infectto cause someone to have a disease or illness

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to cause someone to have a disease or illness

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪnˈfekt/

Korean meaning: 감염시키다, 병을 옮기다

Korean pronunciation: 인-펙트 (강세: 펙트)

Example Sentences

  • My roommate's obsession with K-pop infected me, and now I know all the dance moves.
  • Don't let one rotten apple infect the whole basket.
  • Her laughter was so contagious that it infected everyone at the boring meeting.

infect

VERB

//ɪnˈfekt//

to cause someone to have a disease or illness

infect concept
💡 Concept

A student infects classmates with illness through sneezing particles

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infect rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Detect to infect, protect what we expect!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪnˈfekt/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪnˈfekt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixin--
Rootfect

Origin

라틴어에서 온 단어로, '안에 넣다'라는 의미에서 '병균을 몸 안에 넣다'는 뜻으로 발전했습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My roommate's obsession with K-pop infected me, and now I know all the dance moves.

Don't let one rotten apple infect the whole basket.

😄 Fun example

Her laughter was so contagious that it infected everyone at the boring meeting.

Make sure to wash your hands to avoid infecting others.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

contaminatepollutespreadtransmitpass on

Antonyms

curehealdisinfect

Related

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