except
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɪkˈsɛpt/]
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Senses
1. except (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
Example: I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!
2. except (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To take exception, to object (to or against).
Example: to except to a witness or his testimony
3. except (prep) — sense 3
Definition: Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
Example: There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
4. except (conj) — sense 4
Definition: Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
Example: You look a bit like my sister, except (that) she has longer hair.
5. except (conj) — sense 5
Definition: Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.
Example: They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.
6. except (conj) — sense 6
Definition: Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
Example: And they sayde: We have no moo but five loves and two fisshes, except we shulde goo and bye meate for all this people.
Structure of the word
Roots:- kap (Proto-Indo-European)
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