HOW TO PRONOUNCE
exempt
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
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Keep m-p-t together at the end.
The second syllable is strongest. After its vowel, close through m and p before the final t, without adding an extra vowel to separate the consonants.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“Some items are exempt from the fee.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does exempt mean?
adjective
- Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
- Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
noun
- One who has been released from something.
More meanings (5)
noun
- One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
- (historical) A type of French police officer.
verb
- To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
adjective
- (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
- (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The men of the upper classes are not only exempt, but by prescriptive custom they are debarred, from all industrial occupations.
Is it to be presumed that any other State, at the same or any other given period, will be exempt from them?
More book examples (3)
But the ordinary constitution of human bodies is quite otherwise, and their best and chiefest excellency is to be exempt from smell.
There is one kind of disease, or feebleness rather, to which we are subject everywhere, and from which few varieties are exempt.
None were exempt from these trials, but women, the sick and the maimed, and persons under fifteen or above sixty years of age.