{
    "term": "exempt",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if somebody/something is exempt from something, they are not affected by it, do not have to do it, pay it, etc.",
            "sensetop": "exempt (from something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The interest on the money is exempt from tax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some students are exempt from certain exams."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Research might be considered exempt from regulation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This income is totally exempt from taxation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "fully"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzempt/",
                "audio": "ex/exempt/exempt__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzempt/",
                "audio": "ex/exempt/exempt__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin exemptus ‘taken out, freed’, past participle of eximere."
}