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ex·cept  (k-spt)
prep.
With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.
conj.
1. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that: I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
2. Otherwise than: They didn't open their mouths except to complain.
3. Unless: "And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st/Except it be to pray against thy foes" Shakespeare.
v. ex·cept·ed, ex·cept·ing, ex·cepts
v.tr.
To leave out; exclude: An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.
v.intr.
To object: Counsel excepted to the court's ruling.
Idiom:
except for
Were it not for: I would join you except for my cold.

[Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere, to exclude : ex-, ex- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: Except in the sense of "with the exclusion of" or "other than" is generally viewed as a preposition, not a conjunction. Therefore, a personal pronoun that follows except should be in the objective case: No one except me knew it. Everyone had a ticket except her.

except
prep
1. Also: (except for) not including; apart from: everyone except Jill laughed
2. except that but for the fact that
Verb
to leave out or exclude [Latin excipere to take out]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.except - take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
object - express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"
2.except - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
elide - leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

except
preposition 1. (often with for) apart from, but for, saving, bar, barring, excepting, other than, excluding, omitting, with the exception of, aside from, save (archaic) not counting, exclusive of
verb 2. exclude, rule out, leave out, omit, disregard, pass over
Translations
Spanish except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) (also: excepting) → excepto, salvo
except if/when → excepto si/cuando;
except that → salvo que

French except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) (also: excepting) → sauf, excepté, à l'exception de
vtexcepter;
except if/when → sauf si/quand;
except that → excepté que, si ce n'est que

German except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) → außer +dat
vt to except sb (from) → jdn ausnehmen (bei);
except if, except when → außer wenn;
except that → nur dass

Italian except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) (also: excepting) → salvo, all'infuori di, eccetto
vtescludere;
except if/when → salvo se/quando;
except that → salvo che

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