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Communicable Meaning in English

word

kəmˈjunəkəbəɫ
kuh-MYOO-nih-kuh-buhl
kəmjˈuːnɪkəbəl
kuh-MYOO-nih-kuh-buhl

التعريف

Able to be passed or spread from one person, animal, or thing to another, especially referring to diseases.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Communicable' is typically used in medical or scientific contexts to describe diseases that can spread, like 'communicable diseases'. Not used for ideas or non-medical things; for information we use 'communicable' only rarely and usually say 'can be communicated.' Common collocation: 'communicable disease'.

جمل نموذجية

Flu is a communicable disease.

basic

A communicable illness can spread quickly.

basic

Is tuberculosis communicable?

basic

COVID-19 is highly communicable in crowded places.

natural

Doctors warn that the virus is more communicable than they first thought.

natural

Some communicable diseases can be prevented by vaccination.

natural