"exempt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ Audio: en-us-exempt.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛmpt Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁em-}}, {{der|en|frm|exempt}} Middle French exempt, {{der|en|la|exemptus}} Latin exemptus, {{m|la|eximō}} eximō Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} exempt (not comparable)
  1. Free from a duty or obligation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (free from duty or obligation): مُعْفًى (muʕfan) [masculine] (Arabic), освободен (osvoboden) (Bulgarian), exempt (Catalan), oproštěný [masculine] (Czech), osvobozený [masculine] (Czech), fritaget (Danish), vrijgesteld (Dutch), פָּטוּר (patúr) (Hebrew), 𒀀𒊏𒌋𒉿𒀸 (a-ra-u-wa-aš) (Hittite), mentes (Hungarian), felmentett (Hungarian), esente (Italian), осло́боден (oslóboden) (Macedonian), hāmama (Maori), awere (Maori), fritatt (Norwegian Bokmål), fri (Norwegian Bokmål), friteke (Norwegian Nynorsk), fritatt (Norwegian Nynorsk), fri (Norwegian Nynorsk), معاف (mo'âf) (Persian), zwolniony [masculine] (Polish), isento (Portuguese), scutit [masculine] (Romanian), dispensat [masculine] (Romanian), освобождённый (osvoboždjónnyj) (Russian), свобо́дный (svobódnyj) (Russian), exento (Spanish), undantagen (Swedish), muaf (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-adj-SJ6sCu0b Disambiguation of 'free from duty or obligation': 92 3 3 3
  2. (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not entitled to overtime pay): bez nároku na placené přesčasy (Czech), fastlønnsansatt (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-adj-X9oXOv81 Disambiguation of 'not entitled to overtime pay': 1 88 10 1
  3. (obsolete) Cut off; set apart. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-adj-Z6O1L7rA
  4. (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-adj-Zj3GrSdn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tax-exempt, non-exempt, nonexempt

Noun

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ Audio: en-us-exempt.ogg [US] Forms: exempts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmpt Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁em-}}, {{der|en|frm|exempt}} Middle French exempt, {{der|en|la|exemptus}} Latin exemptus, {{m|la|eximō}} eximō Head templates: {{en-noun}} exempt (plural exempts)
  1. One who has been released from something. Translations (one who has been released from something): fritaget (Danish), vrijgestelde [masculine] (Dutch), fritatt (Norwegian), scutire [feminine] (Romanian), dispensare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-noun-C~5qkqTC Disambiguation of 'one who has been released from something': 92 2 6
  2. (historical) A type of French police officer. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-noun-NhxfJ8Sm
  3. (UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-noun-ZUJJ96nU Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 14 3 16 3 32 4

Verb

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ Audio: en-us-exempt.ogg [US] Forms: exempts [present, singular, third-person], exempting [participle, present], exempted [participle, past], exempted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛmpt Etymology: From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁em-}}, {{der|en|frm|exempt}} Middle French exempt, {{der|en|la|exemptus}} Latin exemptus, {{m|la|eximō}} eximō Head templates: {{en-verb}} exempt (third-person singular simple present exempts, present participle exempting, simple past and past participle exempted)
  1. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from. Tags: transitive Related terms: exemption Translations (to grant freedom or immunity from): освобождавам от задължение (osvoboždavam ot zadǎlženie) (Bulgarian), osvobodit [perfective] (Czech), vrijstellen (Dutch), vapauttaa (Finnish), פָּטַר (patár) (Hebrew), felment (Hungarian), mentesít (Hungarian), excipio (Latin), whakawātea (Maori), kape (Maori), awere (Maori), frita (Norwegian), scuti (Romanian), dispensa (Romanian), освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), befria (Swedish), звільняти (zvilʹnjaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), звільнити (zvilʹnyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-exempt-en-verb-j6rpslHP

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for exempt meaning in English (13.4kB)

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          "roman": "osvoboždavam ot zadǎlženie",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
          "word": "vapauttaa"
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        {
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          "word": "פָּטַר"
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          "word": "excipio"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "kape"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "text": "In their country all women are exempt from military service.",
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        "Cut off; set apart."
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        "Extraordinary; exceptional."
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        "(obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional."
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "muʕfan",
      "sense": "free from duty or obligation",
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      "word": "مُعْفًى"
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      "word": "exempt"
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      "sense": "free from duty or obligation",
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      "word": "vrijgesteld"
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      "sense": "free from duty or obligation",
      "word": "פָּטוּר"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "mentes"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "free from duty or obligation",
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      "word": "esente"
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      "word": "осло́боден"
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      "word": "hāmama"
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      "word": "muaf"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "bez nároku na placené přesčasy"
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      "code": "no",
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      "word": "fastlønnsansatt"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osvoboždavam ot zadǎlženie",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "освобождавам от задължение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "osvobodit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "vrijstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "vapauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "patár",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "פָּטַר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "felment"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "mentesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "excipio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "whakawātea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "kape"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "awere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "frita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "scuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "dispensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvoboždátʹ",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "освобожда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvobodítʹ",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "освободи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "word": "befria"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvilʹnjaty",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "звільняти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvilʹnyty",
      "sense": "to grant freedom or immunity from",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "звільнити"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exempt"
}

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