Definition of inoculate - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
educationintroduce ideas into the mind
- Teachers inoculate students with critical thinking skills.
2.
protectionsafeguard something as if by vaccination
- The policy inoculates the company against financial loss.
3.
medicalTECH. introduce a vaccine to produce immunityTECH.
- Doctors inoculate children against measles.
4.
agricultureTECH. insert buds for graftingTECH.
- Gardeners inoculate the tree with new buds.
Origin of inoculate
Latin, in (in) + oculus (eye)
Examples of inoculate in a sentence
The coach inoculated the team with a winning mentality. The new measures inoculate the community against misinformation. Education can inoculate young minds against prejudice. They plan to inoculate the population against the new virus. Efforts to inoculate the community were successful. Farmers inoculate the vines to improve growth.
Experts inoculate the branches to ensure successful grafting.
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- French:inoculer, sauvegarder, ...
- German:einimpfen, absichern, ...
- Italian:inoculare, proteggere, ...
- Spanish:inocular, inmunizar, ...
- Portuguese:inculcar, proteger, ...
- Chinese:灌输, 免疫, ...
- Japanese:植え付ける, 守る, ...
- Arabic:غَرَسَ, حَصَّنَ, ...
- Hebrew:לְהַקְנוֹת, לְחַסֵּן מִפְּנֵי, ...
- Russian:внедрять, защитить, ...
- Ukrainian:вакцинувати, захищати, ...
- Hindi:मन में विचार भरना, संरक्षित करना, ...
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