infect
/ɪnˈfɛkt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈfɛkt/
ɪnˈfɛkt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ɪn - ˈfɛkt -> infect
Myanmar meaning
(v) ရောဂါပိုးဝင်
Full entry
infect /Çn'fekt/ v ~ sb/ sth (with sth)
၁။ (က) ရောဂါပိုးဝင်သည်။ ရောဂါကူးစက်သည်။ an infected wound ❍ infected chickens ❍ blood infected with HIV ❍ (fig ) a mind infected with racial prejudice. [ဥ] လူမျိုးရေး မုန်းတီးစိတ် ကိန်းအောင်း နေသည်။
(ခ) (esp passive) ရောဂါပိုးဝင်၍ မသန့်ရှင်း။
an infected reservoir.
၂။ (approv ) ကူးစက်သည်။ Her enthusiasm and laughter infected the whole class.
More examples
- Thousands of people have been infected.
- If you return to work too soon, you may infect other people.
- [be infected with/by something] : You can only be infected with HIV in a limited number of ways.
- [infect something with something] : Terrorists had threatened to infect the water supply with a deadly virus.
- A virus that infects word-processing documents
- She infects everyone around her with her enthusiasm.
Synonyms
contaminate, communicate a disease to, pass on a disease to, transmit a disease to, taint, dirty, affect, afflict, blight, corrupt, crawler, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, disease, enthuse, filler, harrier, infest, influence, inspire, move, overspread, overwhelm, packer, pervert, poison, pollute, spoil, spread among, spread to, swarmer, touch, vitiate, worrier
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