how to pronounce infected

/ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd/

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infected is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of infected in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… spanish flu which infected a full third …”

meanings of infected

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of infect.

adjective:

Having an infection.

infected frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word infected occurs in english on average 6.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.