transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmju:n ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are immune to a particular disease, you cannot be affected by it.
Most adults are immune to Rubella.
ADJ : v-link ADJ , usu ADJ to n
• im‧mun‧ity
Birds in outside cages develop immunity to airborne bacteria.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N to n
2.
If you are immune to something that happens or is done, you are not affected by it.
Football is not immune to economic recession.
ADJ : v-link ADJ , usu ADJ to n
3.
Someone or something that is immune from a particular process or situation is able to escape it.
Members of the Bundestag are immune from prosecution for corruption...
ADJ : v-link ADJ , usu ADJ from n
• im‧mun‧ity
The police are offering immunity to witnesses.
N-UNCOUNT
see also diplomatic immunity