The virus is starting to mutate.
Source: tatoeba (1111626)
Mutate
//mjuːˈteɪt//
Synonyms for "mutate" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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3 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- mutar verb (to undergo mutation)
- mutar verb (to cause mutation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 變異 /变异 verb (to undergo mutation)
Dutch
1 entries- muteren verb (to undergo mutation)
Esperanto
1 entries- mutacii verb (to undergo mutation)
Finnish
2 entries- mutatoida verb (to cause mutation)
- mutatoitua verb (to undergo mutation)
French
1 entries- muter verb (to undergo mutation)
Galician
2 entries- mutar verb (to undergo mutation)
- mutar verb (to cause mutation)
German
1 entries- mutieren verb (to undergo mutation)
Greek
1 entries- μεταλλάσσομαι verb (to undergo mutation)
Italian
1 entries- mutare verb (to undergo mutation)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- mutéieren verb (to undergo mutation)
Māori
2 entries- iranoi verb (to undergo mutation)
- whakairanoi verb (to cause mutation)
Portuguese
1 entries- mutar verb (to undergo mutation)
Romanian
1 entries- suferi mutație verb (to undergo mutation)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mùth verb (to undergo mutation)
Swedish
2 entries- mutera verb (to undergo mutation)
- mutera verb (to cause mutation)
Tagalog
1 entries- mag-ibanyuhay verb (to undergo mutation)
Thai
2 entries- กลายพันธุ์ verb (to undergo mutation)
- ผ่าเหล่า verb (to undergo mutation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đột biến verb (to undergo mutation)
Welsh
4 entries- mwtanu verb (to undergo mutation)
- mwtanu verb (to cause mutation)
- treiglo verb (to undergo mutation)
- treiglo verb (to cause mutation)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Harmful bacteria cannot mutate to overcome this type of weapon.
Source: tatoeba (8076714)
Many of the most concerning variants share the same mutations, even when they appear on different continents. That may mean that the virus can mutate in only a limited number of ways.
Source: tatoeba (10017825)
Ziri's genes could mutate even further.
Source: tatoeba (11166093)
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