except.
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
Meaning & usage
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!
To take exception, to object (to or against).
to except to a witness or his testimony
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
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.
I never made fun of her except teasingly.
Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.
They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.
I almost walked out, except I remembered the promise I had made.
Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
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