exempt
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 →
2) (verb) To free someone from a rule or payment: The doctor's note exempted her from PE. tree →
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 →
- He was exempt from PE because of his broken arm. tree →
- Food is exempt from the tax in some places. tree →
- The school exempted the team from homework for one night. tree →
- Nobody is exempt from the rules. tree →
- If 30 people go and 6 are exempt, only 24 pay. tree →
- “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 →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.