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(ɪmjuːn)
1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are immune to a particular disease, you cannot be affected by it.
This blood test will show whether or not you're immune to the disease.
Most adults are immune to rubella. [+ to]
immunity (ɪmjuːnɪti) uncountable noun
Birds in outside cages develop immunity to airborne bacteria. [+ to]
Synonyms: resistance, protection, resilience, inoculation More Synonyms of immune
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
An immune response or reaction is a reaction by the body's immune system to something harmful that is affecting it.
[medicine]
It is hoped the procedure will trigger an immune response that will wipe out HIV-infectedcells while leaving non-infected cells unharmed.
3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are immune to something that happens or is done, you are not affected by it.
Whilst Marc did gradually harden himself to the poverty, he did not become immuneto the sight of death.
Football is not immune to economic recession. [+ to]
4. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
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. [+ from]
No one is immune from scandal.
immunity uncountable noun
The police are offering immunity to witnesses.
Synonyms: resistance, protection, resilience, inoculation More Synonyms of immune
Synonyms: exemption, amnesty, indemnity, release More Synonyms of immune
5.  See also diplomatic immunity

immune in British English

(ɪˈmjuːn)
adjective
1. 
protected against a specific disease by inoculation or as the result of innate or acquired resistance
2. 
relating to or conferring immunity
an immune body
antibody
3. (usually postpositive; foll by to)
unsusceptible (to) or secure (against)
immune to inflation
4. 
exempt from obligation, penalty, etc
noun
5. 
an immune person or animal
Word origin
C15: from Latin immūnis exempt from a public service, from im- (not) + mūnus duty

immune in American English

(ɪˈmjun)
adjective
1. 
protected against something disagreeable or harmful
2. 
not susceptible to some specified disease because of the presence of the specific antibodies
3. 
of or relating to immunity or the immune system
noun
4. 
an immune person
Word origin
ME immuin < L immunis, free from public service, exempt < in-, without + munia, duties, functions < IE *moini-: see common

Examples of 'immune' in a sentence
immune

We've become immune to horror because of the news.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Women seem to be immune.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It has clearly infected those on the outside looking in but now, it seems, no one is immune.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It means a distorted reaction of the immune system.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
 Football is not immune to the danger.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Are larger churches more immune to disease?
Christianity Today (2000)
Yet no one is immune to emotion.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Some global trends will probably remain immune from the oil boom.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Will my body become immune to the tablets?
The Sun (2012)
They seem to be immune to the problems we face in our own lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is thought to be caused by a faulty immune system reaction to a currently unidentified trigger.
The Sun (2008)
So no one is immune to allergies.
The Sun (2011)
Can you remember where you were when you first heard of acquired immune deficiency syndrome?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It remained immune to my erratic eating habits.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We have become almost immune to swearing.
The Sun (2016)
Some people seem immune to any downturn.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
No one will be immune from the pain.
The Sun (2008)
It is because the body becomes immune to too much activity and stops burning off extra calories.
The Sun (2016)
No woman seemed immune from his charms.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
No one was immune from the chaos.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
IT'S only a myth that just dogs carry rabies and that people who have lived overseas are immune to some diseases.
The Sun (2010)
It's caused by an abnormal reaction in your immune system.
The Sun (2008)
It has also signed an agreement with an Italian charity researching rare childhood immune diseases.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The encouraging lesson though was that the British remain entirely immune to this kind of treatment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Here's a formal double that seems immune to all diseases and is beautifully fragrant.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
immune

British English: immune ADJECTIVE
If you are immune to a particular disease, you cannot be affected by it.
This blood test will show whether or not you're immune to the disease.
  • American English: immune
  • Brazilian Portuguese: imune
  • Chinese: 免疫的
  • European Spanish: inmune
  • French: immunisé
  • German: immun
  • Italian: immune
  • Japanese: >免疫のある病気に
  • Korean: 면역성이 있는
  • European Portuguese: imune
  • Latin American Spanish: inmune

All related terms of 'immune'

auto-immune
Auto-immune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system.
immune body
→ antibody
immune serum
clear liquid in blood which contains antibodies
immune system
Your immune system consists of all the organs and processes in your body which protect you from illness and infection .
immune complex
a complex formed between an antibody and an antigen
immune response
the reaction of an organism's body to foreign materials ( antigens ), including the production of antibodies
immune deficiency
a deficiency in or breakdown of a person's immune system
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is the same as → AIDS .

Chinese translation of 'immune'

immune

(ɪˈmjuːn)

adj

  1. immune to [disease] 对(對) ... 有免疫力 (duì ... yǒu miǎnyìlì) [flattery, criticism, attack] 不受 ... 影响(響)的 (bù shòu ... yǐngxiǎng de)
  2. immune from [prosecution, scandal] 免除 ... (miǎnchú ... )

phrases

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See immune to

Synonyms of 'immune'

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