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# immune

«immune» in Mova's school dictionary: **protected from an illness, so you cannot easily catch it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (immune)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Immune means protected from an illness, so you cannot easily catch it, usually because your body has fought it before or you had a vaccine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#m1)

2) Immune to something means not affected by it (immune to criticism). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#m2)

3) Immune from something means officially free from it (immune from punishment). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, the immune system is the body's defence against germs: white blood cells fight infections, and vaccines help the body become immune. In everyday life, people say they are immune to a joke or a noise when it no longer bothers them. Phrases: immune system, immune to, become immune.

### examples

- After having chickenpox, most people are immune to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#x1)
- Your immune system fights germs that get into your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#x2)
- Vaccines help people become immune to some diseases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#x3)
- Eating well and sleeping well help keep your immune system strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#x4)
- The teacher seemed immune to our excuses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#x5)
- Some bacteria have become immune to certain medicines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/#x6)

### note

Usually «immune to» something (an illness or effect). Noun: immunity. Verb: immunise / immunize (to give a vaccine). Not every illness gives immunity; being immune is not the same as never being ill.

### In the corpora

- [Eczema, food allergy, hay fever and asthma often come together in the same child, because the immune system is extra sensitive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens/4/)
- [A food allergy is the immune system overreacting to a food, and even a tiny amount can cause a reaction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens/7/)
- [No single food or drink can boost the immune system; sleep, a good diet and exercise keep it working well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/8/)
- [Contact with nature and many kinds of microbes may help a child's immune system develop, though scientists are still studying the details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/17/)
- [When fighting an infection the immune system releases chemical messengers, called cytokines, that make you sleepy so the body can save energy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/31-why-we-sleep-when-ill/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «immune» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immune/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.