immunity

immunity
noun
1 protection against disease
ADJECTIVE
▪ strong
▪ acquired, natural
▪ impaired
▪ lifelong
▪

Infection usually confers lifelong immunity to the disease.

▪ herd
▪

Polio has been eradicated due to vaccination and herd immunity.

VERB + IMMUNITY
▪ have
▪

The island's inhabitants had no immunity to the diseases carried by the explorers and quickly succumbed.

▪ lack
▪ acquire, build up, develop
▪

Once you have had a cold you build up immunity to that particular virus.

▪ confer
▪

The vaccine only confers immunity for a few months.

▪ stimulate
▪

the use of vaccines to stimulate immunity

▪ boost
▪ impair, lower
▪

High levels of stress may lower your immunity to common illnesses.

IMMUNITY + VERB
▪ develop
▪

A strong immunity to reinfection develops after one year.

PREPOSITION
▪ immunity against, immunity to
▪

The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease.

2 protection from danger/punishment
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete, total
▪ diplomatic, legal, parliamentary
▪

Several ministers were stripped of parliamentary immunity as a prelude to facing corruption charges.

VERB + IMMUNITY
▪ enjoy
▪ claim, seek
▪ confer, give sb, grant (sb), guarantee (sb), provide
▪ abolish, lift, strip sb of
▪

The Supreme Court lifted the company's immunity from criminal prosecution.

▪ waive
▪

He has agreed to waive his diplomatic immunity and face prosecution.

▪ lose
PREPOSITION
▪ immunity from
▪

Unions were granted immunity from prosecution for non-violent acts.


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