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- Dictionaryexcept/ɪkˈsɛpt/
preposition
- 1. not including; other than: "they work every day except Sunday"
conjunction
- 1. used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made: "I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money"
verb
- 1. specify as excluded from a category or group: formal "five classes of advertisement are excepted from control"
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We often use except and except for as prepositions to mean ‘not including’ or ‘excluding’. They are followed by a noun or noun phrase or a wh-clause. Both except and except for are correct after a noun: …
1. : on any other condition than that : unless. except you repent. 2. : with this exception, namely. was inaccessible except by boat.
Except definition: with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but. See examples of EXCEPT used in a sentence.
Definition of 'except' except. (ɪksept ) 1. preposition A2. You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe. I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds.
As a verb, except is often used in the past tense: All drivers must obey the speed limit, but ambulances rushing to the hospital are excepted. Much more rare is the use of except as a verb meaning "to object," which we find mostly in legal contexts.
1. Also: except for other than; apart from; with the exception of: he likes everyone except you; except for this mistake, you did very well. 2. except that (conjunction) but for the fact that; were it not true that. conj.
1. — used to introduce a statement that indicates the only person or thing that is not included in or referred to by a previous statement. Take no orders except from me. [=take orders only from me] Employees were not allowed to leave except in an emergency. [=unless there was an emergency]
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EXCEPT definition: not including a particular fact, thing, or person: . Learn more.
except. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧cept1 /ɪkˈsept/ S2 W2 conjunction, preposition 1 used to introduce the only person, thing, action, fact, or situation about which a statement is not true The office is open every day except Sundays.
