immune
US/ɪˈmjuːn/
immune adjective: exempt; not subject to.
Adjective
immune (comparative more immune, superlative most immune)
- Exempt; not subject to.
- As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
- He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
- Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- I am immune to chicken pox.
- Not vulnerable.
- Alas, he was immune to my charms.
- [...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents.1959 June, “The opening of the Colchester-Walton-Clacton electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 306
- Of or pertaining to immunity.
- immune system
- We examined the patient's immune response.
Noun
immune (plural immunes)
- A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
- Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.1965, Rene J. Dubos, James G. Hirsch, editors, Bacterial and Mycotic Infections of Man, page 742
Verb
immune (third-person singular simple present immunes, present participle immuning, simple past and past participle immuned)
- To make immune.
- In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]1917, Thomas Hardy, In the Seventies
- The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.1905, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal, volume 29, page 42
immune meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
immune in Tamil
- தன்னைக் காத்துக் கொள்ளுதல், தற்காப்பு வலிமை, நோய்த்தடைக் காப்புள்ள, தடுப்பாற்றல், தடுப்பாற்று, நோய் தடுப்பாற்றல்
immune in Urdu
- برئ, بےاثر, محفوظ, مستثنیٰ
immune in Bengali
- অনাক্রম্য, দায়মুক্ত, রেহাইপ্রাপ্ত, নিরাপদ্
immune in Malayalam
- resistant, not subject, not liable
- മുക്ത, പ്രതിരോധിക്കുന്ന, ബാധിക്കാത്ത, ചെറുക്കുന്ന, തടയുന്ന, തടുക്കുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
- immune in Kannada
- ಕಾಪುಪಡೆದ, ರಕ್ಷಿತ, ರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಪಡೆದ, ನಿರೋಧಕ
- immune in Tagalog
- may-kabal, liway
- immune in Arabic
- مَنِيع manīʕ
- immune in Malay
- imun
- immune in Indonesian
- imun
- immune in Persian
- ایمنی imeni, مصون masun
Examples of immune in a sentence
- In certain conditions, immune cells may infiltrate into the cerebrospinal fluid.
- After a brief systemic phase defeated by the immune system, the infection localized to certain areas where it went dormant.
- His weakened immune system couldn't cope with the infection.
Synonyms of immune
Antonyms
Forms of immune
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more immune |
| superlative | most immune |
| Noun | |
| plural | immunes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | immunes |
| present participle | immuning |
| past participle | immuned |
| past | immuned |
Origin of immune
From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
Words formed from immune
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- alloimmune
- autoimmune
- auto-immune
- cell-mediated immune response
- chemoimmune
- counterimmune
- cryoimmune
- dysimmune
- gastrimmune
- gay-related immune deficiency
- hematoimmune
- heteroimmune
- homoimmune
- hyperimmune
- hypoimmune
- immune cell
- immune complex
- immune deficiency
- immune evasion
- immunevasion
- immune globulin
- immune privilege
- immune reaction
- immune response
- immune system
- immunify
- immunology
- immunome
- immunomics
- isoimmune
- lymphoimmune
- neuroimmune
- nonimmune
- osteoimmune
- pauci-immune
- postimmune
- preimmune
- radioimmune
- seroimmune
- unimmune
- xenoimmune
Phrases with immune
Words that rhyme with immune
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about immune
- What does immune mean?
- Immune means exempt; not subject to.
- What is immune in Tamil?
- Immune in Tamil is தன்னைக் காத்துக் கொள்ளுதல், தற்காப்பு வலிமை, நோய்த்தடைக் காப்புள்ள. See Immune meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is immune?
- Immune can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce immune?
- Immune is pronounced /ɪˈmjuːn/ (US).
Words near immune in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: immune (page history and authors); immune (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immune (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immune (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immune (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); immune (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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