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Susceptible To: Standard Pattern

Susceptible To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction while keeping distinct formal alternatives outside this page’s scope.

Quick answer

Cambridge documents “susceptible to” for being easily influenced or harmed and, in formal use, open to an interpretation.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termssusceptible to

Further guidance

Construction

Cambridge documents susceptible to for being easily influenced, harmed, or open to a particular interpretation.

Style Boundary

This page records the supported susceptible-to construction and keeps alternative formal patterns outside this page unless separately evidenced.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. susceptible — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for the adjective construction susceptible to something.

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