immune
adjective /ɪˈmjuːn/
/ɪˈmjuːn/
[not usually before noun]- immune (to something) that cannot catch or be affected by a particular disease or illness
- Adults are often immune to German measles.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health and Fitnessb2- Many people are immune to this disease.
- The vaccination doesn't necessarily make you completely immune.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- completely
- totally
- to
- immune (to something) not affected by something, especially something that you might expect to be harmful
- You'll eventually become immune to criticism.
- Few men are immune to her charms.
- Our business is far from immune to economic conditions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- prove
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
- from
- to
- immune (from something) protected from something and therefore able to avoid it synonym exempt
- No one should be immune from prosecution.
- Not even the President’s wife was immune from criticism by the press.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- prove
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
- from
- to
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘free from (a liability)’): from Latin immunis ‘exempt from public service or charge’, from in- ‘not’ + munis ‘ready for service’. Sense 1 dates from the late 19th cent.