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IMMUNITIES

Definition: IMMUNITIES

IMMUNITIES

Plural

1. Of Immunity

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "IMMUNITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Commercial Usage: IMMUNITIES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Concurring Opinion: The Privileges or Immunities Clause of 14th Amendment (Washington University Studies.) (reference)

  • Immunities and Privileges of International Legal Persons: Selected Legal Materials and Commentary (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: IMMUNITIES

AuthorDateQuotation

US Constitution

1791

Clause 1: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-2008

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

If the German Government engages in international trade, it shall not in respect thereof have or be deemed to have any rights, privileges or immunities of sovereignty. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: IMMUNITIES

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Honduras

In April 2000, Congress passed a General Law of Immunities that, contrary to the public expectations, did little to foster transparency and accountability in government. (references)

Rwanda

The ICTR operates under an agreement signed in 1999, which clarified some aspects of protection measures, but concentrated largely on the ICTR staff's privileges and immunities. (references)

Worker Rights

Chile

The modifications also greatly increase fines for violating immunities enjoyed by union leaders or artificially dividing up a company for the purpose of avoiding provisions in the code or resisting unionization. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: IMMUNITIES

"IMMUNITIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IMMUNITIES" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%6641,290

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IMMUNITIES

Language Translations for "IMMUNITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

免疫 (immune, immunise, immunised, immunity, immunize, immunized). (various references)

   

Danish

  

Udvalget for Forretningsordenen,Valgs Prøvelse og Medlemmernes Immunitet (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), Udvalget for Forretningsordenen,Valgs Prøvelse og Medlemmernes Immunitaet (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), rettigheder og garantier,der er nødvendige for,at de kan udøve deres hverv uafhængigt (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), Protokollen vedrørende Privilegier og Immuniteter (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), protokollen vedrørende De Europæiske Fællesskabers privilegier og immuniteter (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), privilegier og immuniteter (privileges and immunities), PPI (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), ophævelse af immuniteter (waiver of immunities), nyde privilegier og immuniteter (to enjoy privileges and immunities), Faellesskabet nyder de for opfyldelsen af sin opgave noedvendige immuniteter og privilegier (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), de i protokollen vedroerende privilegier og immuniteter naevnte passérsedler (the laissez-passer provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), Almindelig overenskomst om Europaraadets rettigheder og immuniteter (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vorrechten en immuniteiten genieten (to enjoy privileges and immunities), voorrechten en immuniteiten genieten (to enjoy privileges and immunities), voorrechten en immuniteiten (privileges and immunities), voor de onafhankelijke uitoefening van de functies noodzakelijke rechten en waarborgen (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), Protocol inzake voorrechten en immuniteiten (European Patents Convention, Protocol on privileges and immunities), Protocol betreffende de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Europese Gemeenschappen (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), DPK/BV (Foreign Missions, Privileges and Immunities Division), de laissez-passer, bedoeld in het Protocol betreffende de voorrechten en immuniteiten (the laissez-passer provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), de Gemeenschap geniet de voorrechten en immuniteiten welke nodig zijn ter vervulling van haar taak (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), Commissie Reglement,onderzoek geloofsbrieven en immuniteiten (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), Algemeen Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de Raad van Europa (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe), afstand van immuniteiten (waiver of immunities), Afdeling Buitenlandse Missies,Voorrechten en Immuniteiten (Foreign Missions, Privileges and Immunities Division). (various references)

   

French

  

immunités diplomatiques (diplomatic immunities), commission des immunités (committee of immunities), commission du règlement,de la vérification des pouvoirs et des immunités (the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), Convention sur les privilèges et immunités des institutions spécialisées (Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies), Division Missions étrangères,Privilèges et Immunités (Privileges and Immunities Division), droits et garanties (rights and immunities), droits et garanties nécessaires l'exercice indépendant des fonctions (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), exonérations du transporteur (immunities of the carrier), la Communauté jouit des immunités et privilèges nécessaires pour remplir sa mission (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), protocole sur les privilèges et immunités des Communautés européennes (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), les laissez-passer prévus au protocole sur les privilèges et immunités (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), levée des immunités (waiver of immunities), PPI (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), privilèges et immunités (privileges and immunities), Protocole relatif aux privilèges,exemptions et immunités d'INTELSAT (Exemptions and Immunities), protocole sur les privilèges et immunités (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), Protocole sur les privilèges et immunités de la Cour d'appel commune (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Common Appeal Court), jouir des privilèges et immunités (to enjoy privileges and immunities). (various references)

   

German

  

Protokoll ueber die Vorrechte und Befreiungen (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), Allgemeines Abkommen ueber die Vorrechte und Befreiungen des Europarats (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe), Aufhebung der Immunitäten (waiver of immunities), Ausschuß für Geschäftsordnung,Wahlprüfung und Fragen der Immunität (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), Ausschuss für Geschäftsordnung,Wahlprüfung und Fragen der Immunität (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), die Gemeinschaft geniesst die zur Erfuellung ihrer Aufgabe erforderlichen Vorrechte und Befreiungen (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), die in dem Protokoll ueber die Vorrechte und Befreiungen vorgesehenen Ausweise (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), Abteilung Fremde Missionen,Vorrechte und Immunitäten (Foreign Missions, Privileges and Immunities Division), Protokoll über die Vorrechte und Immunitäten des Gemeinsamen Berufungsgerichts (ProPrIm COPAC, Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Common Appeal Court), zur unabhängigen Ausübung der Aufgaben erforderliche Rechte und Sicherheiten (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), PVB (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), Rechte und Sicherheiten (rights and immunities), Vertrag über die Vorrechte und Immunitätsrechte der Sonderorganisationen (Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies), Vorrechte und Befreiungen (privileges and immunities), Vorrechte und Befreiungen geniessen (to enjoy privileges and immunities), Vorrechte und Immunitäten besitzen (to enjoy privileges and immunities), Protokoll über die Vorrechte und Befreiungen der Europäischen Gemeinschaften (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρωτόκολλο περί των προνομίων και ασυλιών των Ευρωπαϊκών Κοινοτήτων (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), προνόμια και ασυλίες (privileges and immunities), Επιτροπή Κανονισμού,Ελέγχου της Εντολής και Ασυλιών (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), η Kοινότης απολαύει των αναγκαίων προνομίων και ασυλιών για την εκπλήρωση της αποστολής της (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), άρση των ασυλιών (waiver of immunities), αναγκαία δικαιώματα και εγγυήσεις για την ανεξάρτητη άσκηση των καθηκόντων (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), απολαύω των προνομίων και ασυλιών (to enjoy privileges and immunities), οι άδειες διέλευσης που προβλέπονται από το πρωτόκολλο προνομίων και ασυλιών (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities). (various references)

   

Italian

  

i lasciapassare previsti nel Protocollo sui privilegi e sulle immunit (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), rinuncia alle immunit (waiver of immunities), protocollo sui privilegi e sulle immunit delle Comunit europee (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), privilegi ed immunit (privileges and immunities), la Comunit gode delle immunit e privilegi necessari all'assolvimento dei suoi compiti (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), diritti e garanzie necessarie per l'esercizio indipendente delle funzioni (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), Commissione per il regolamento,la verifica dei poteri e le immunit (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), beneficiare dei privilegi e delle immunit (to enjoy privileges and immunities), Accordo generale sui privilegi e immunit del Consiglio d'Europa (General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Council of Europe). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(Exempting, immunity, remission). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

immunitiesay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

renúncia s imunidades (waiver of immunities), Protocolo relativo aos Privilégios e Imunidades das Comunidades Europeias (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), Protocolo relativo aos Privilégios e Imunidades (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), privilégios e imunidades (privileges and immunities), PPI (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), os livres-trânsitos previstos no protocolo relativo aos Privilégios e Imunidades (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), levantamento de uma imunidade (waiver of immunities), gozar dos privilégios e imunidades (to enjoy privileges and immunities), direitos e garantias necessários ao exercício independente das suas funções (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), Comissão do Regimento,da Verificação de Poderes e das Imunidades (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities), a Comunidade goza das imunidades e privilégios necessários ao cumprimento da sua missão (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

renuncia a las inmunidades (waiver of immunities), Protocolo sobre los privilegios e inmunidades de las Comunidades Europeas (Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities), Protocolo de Privilegios y Inmunidades (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), privilegios e inmunidades (privileges and immunities), PPI (Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities), los salvoconductos previstos en el protocolo sobre los privilegios y las inmunidades (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities), la Comunidad gozará de las inmunidades y privilegios necesarios para el cumplimiento de su misión (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), gozar de los privilegios e inmunidades (to enjoy privileges and immunities), exenciones del transportista (immunities of the carrier), derechos y garantías necesarios para el ejercicio independiente de sus funciones (rights and immunities necessary to the independent exercise of their duties), Comisión de Reglamento, de Verificación de Credenciales y de Inmunidades (Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gemenskapen skall...åtnjuta den immunitet och de privilegier som krävs för att den skall kunna fullgöra sina uppgifter (the Community shall enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the performance of its tasks), de identitetshandlingar som föreskrivs i protokollet om privilegier och immunitet (the " laissez-passer " provided for in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: IMMUNITIES

Derivations

Words ending with "IMMUNITIES": autoimmunities. (additional references)


Misspellings

"IMMUNITIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ilmenites, immenities. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "IMMUNITIES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "IMMUNITIES" (pronounced i'myuw"nutēz)
8-m y uw" n u t ē zcommunities.
6-uw" n u t ē zopportunities.
5-n u t ē zaffinities, amenities, divinities, fraternities, humanities, humanity, indemnities, indignities, obscenities, vanities.
4-u t ē zabilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, ambiguities, animosities, annuities, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, celebrities, charities, commodities, commonalities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, disabilities, disability, disparities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, festivities, fidelities, formalities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, identities, illegalities, improprieties, impurities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, legalities, liabilities, liquidities, localities, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, oddities, parities, peculiarities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, similarities, societies, sororities, technicalities, tonalities, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, varieties, velocities, verities, vulnerabilities.
3-t ē zamnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: IMMUNITIES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-i-m-m-n-s-t-u"

-2 letters: immunise, minimise, mutinies.

-3 letters: immunes, miniums, minuets, minutes, mistime, mistune, mutines, tummies, unities.

-4 letters: imines, immies, immune, intime, mentum, minims, minium, minuet, minute, mismet, mutine, mutism, seniti, summit, tenuis, unites, unties.

-5 letters: emits, etuis, imine, inset, intis, items, menus, metis, miens, mimes, mines, minim, minis, mints, minus, mites, mitis, munis, mutes, neist, neums, nisei, nites, senti, smite, stein, stime, suint, suite, times, tines, tunes, unite, units, unmet, unset, untie.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-i-m-m-n-s-t-u"
 

+4 letters: autoimmunities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMMUNITIES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 4D 55 4E 49 54 49 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01001101 01010101 01001110 01001001 01010100 01001001 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#77 &#85 &#78 &#73 &#84 &#73 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 004D 0055 004E 0049 0054 0049 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43474755484354433953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Historic
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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