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# vaccinating

verb, -ing form of «vaccinate» (vaccinate, vaccinates, vaccinated, vaccinating)

«vaccinating» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Vaccinating means giving someone a vaccine, usually by an injection, to protect them from a disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#m1)
2. It is also used for animals: vets vaccinate dogs, cats and farm animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons, vaccinating teaches the body's immune system to recognise a germ, so it can fight the disease quickly if it meets it later. Nurses vaccinate children at the doctor's or at school. Vaccinating many people protects others too. Phrases: «vaccinating children», «vaccinating against», «vaccinating pets».

### Examples

- The nurse is vaccinating our class against flu today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#x1)
- Vaccinating pets protects them from serious diseases. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#x2)
- Doctors are vaccinating babies at the clinic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#x3)
- Vaccinating many people helps stop a disease from spreading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#x4)
- The vet was vaccinating the puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#x5)
- Vaccinating means the body learns to fight a germ. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/#x6)

### Note

From «vaccinate»: double c, one n in the middle (vac-ci-nate); drop the e before -ing. «Vaccinate against» + disease. Myth to avoid: a vaccine does not give you the disease; it trains your body.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vaccinating» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccinating/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vaccinating» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vaccinating.html) on Mova free.