immunity
part of speech
noun (immunity, immunities)
meaning for a pupil
1) (science) The body's ability to fight off a disease so that you do not catch it. tree →
2) (law) Protection from being punished or from a law: «diplomatic immunity». tree →
3) Freedom from something unpleasant. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and health lessons it explains vaccines and how the immune system protects us after we have had some illnesses. In law and news, some people have immunity from being charged. In games it can mean being safe from being out. Phrases: build up immunity, immunity to a disease, diplomatic immunity, herd immunity.
examples
- Vaccines help your body build immunity to diseases. tree →
- After chickenpox, most people have immunity for life. tree →
- Ambassadors have diplomatic immunity. tree →
- Washing hands and sleeping well support your immunity. tree →
- In the game, the person holding the ball has immunity. tree →
- Herd immunity happens when enough people are protected from a disease. tree →
note
Plural: immunities (rare). Adjective: immune («immune to measles»). Verb: immunise / immunize (to give a vaccine). Immunity does not always last forever.
In the corpora
- A pandemic is a new disease spreading across many countries because nobody has immunity yet.
- For measles about 95 in every 100 people need to be immune for herd immunity.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «immunity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.