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- Dictionarysus·cep·ti·ble/səˈseptəb(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing: "patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection" Similar Opposite
- 2. capable or admitting of: "the problem is not susceptible of a simple solution" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of SUSCEPTIBLE is capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation. How to use susceptible in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Susceptible.
SUSCEPTIBLE definition: 1. easily influenced or harmed by something: 2. used to describe someone who is easily emotionally…. Learn more.
If you are susceptible to something such as infections or earaches, it means you are likely to become sick with these things. Have you ever received something you don't want? Well, with susceptible meaning "likely to be influenced or affected by" that is probably going to be the case.
Susceptible definition: admitting or capable of some specified treatment. See examples of SUSCEPTIBLE used in a sentence.
SUSCEPTIBLE meaning: 1. easily influenced or harmed by something: 2. used to describe someone who is easily emotionally…. Learn more.
susceptible (of something) (formal) allowing something; capable of something. Is this situation not susceptible of improvement by legislation? The facts are susceptible of various interpretations.
If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them. Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements. [ + to] James was extremely susceptible to flattery. [ + to] He was, she believes, unusually susceptible to women.
1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible to various interpretations. 2. accessible, liable, or subject to some influence, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery. 3. capable of being affected emotionally.
susceptible. adjective. /səˈsɛptəbl/. [not usually before noun] susceptible (to somebody/something) very likely to be influenced, harmed, or affected by someone or something He's highly susceptible to flattery. Some of these plants are more susceptible to frost damage than others.
susceptible. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sus‧cep‧ti‧ble /səˈseptəbəl/ adjective 1 likely to suffer from a particular illness or be affected by a particular problem → immune susceptible to Older people are more susceptible to infections.
