IMMUNE


Meaning of IMMUNE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you are ~ to a particular disease, you cannot be affected by it.

Most adults are ~ to Rubella.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n

immunity

Birds in outside cages develop immunity to airborne bacteria.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n

2.

If you are ~ to something that happens or is done, you are not affected by it.

Football is not ~ to economic recession.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n

3.

Someone or something that is ~ from a particular process or situation is able to escape it.

Members of the Bundestag are ~ from prosecution for corruption...

ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ from n

immunity

The police are offering immunity to witnesses.

N-UNCOUNT

see also diplomatic immunity

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