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Except

//ɪkˈsɛpt// conj, prep, verb, slang

Definitions

Conjunction
  1. 1
    Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

    "You look a bit like my sister, except (that) she has longer hair."

  2. 2
    Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc. informal

    "They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way."

  3. 3
    Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist. archaic

    "And they sayde: We have no moo but five loves and two fisshes, except we shulde goo and bye meate for all this people."

Preposition
  1. 1
    Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

    "There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans."

Verb
  1. 1
    To exclude; to specify as being an exception. transitive

    "I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!"

  2. 2
    prevent from being included or considered or accepted wordnet
  3. 3
    To take exception, to object (to or against). intransitive

    "to except to a witness or his testimony"

  4. 4
    object to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

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