susceptible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of

   Susceptible to colds.

2. 2
   adj

   Likely to be affected by something.

   He was susceptible to minor ailments.

3. 3
   adj

   That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.

   Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.

4. 4
   adj

   Vulnerable.

   The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.

From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.

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