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# exempt

«exempt» in Mova's school dictionary: **Free from a rule, duty or payment that others must…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; verb (exempt, exempts, exempted, exempting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Free from a rule, duty or payment that others must follow: Children are exempt from the charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#m1)

2) (verb) To free someone from a rule or payment: The doctor's note exempted her from PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life young children may be exempt from fees, taxes or tests; in maths problems exempt people are taken out before you work out the cost. Phrases: «exempt from», «tax-exempt», «be exempted».

### examples

- Children under 5 are exempt from the entry fee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x1)
- He was exempt from PE because of his broken arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x2)
- Food is exempt from the tax in some places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x3)
- The school exempted the team from homework for one night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x4)
- Nobody is exempt from the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x5)
- If 30 people go and 6 are exempt, only 24 pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x6)
- “I hold that on account of his great losses Fionn is to be exempt from payment of damages, and that his losses are to be considered as damages.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exempt/#x7)

### note

«Exempt from» (not «of»). Noun: exemption. Say «ig-ZEMPT». In maths, subtract the exempt ones first, then multiply the rest by the price.

### Trees and pragmatics

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