ex·cept ( k-s pt )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 | Verb | 1. | 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"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
Translations except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) (also: excepting) → excepto, salvo
except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) (also: excepting) → sauf, excepté, à l'exception de
except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) → außer +datvt to except sb (from) → jdn ausnehmen (bei);
except [ɪkˈsɛpt] prep (also: except for) (also: excepting) → salvo, all'infuori di, eccetto
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