except
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[ ik-sept ]
/ ɪkˈsɛpt /
preposition
with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me.
conjunction
Idioms for except
except for,
if it were not for: She would travel more except for lack of money.
Origin of except
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1350–1400; Middle English: orig., past participle adj. < Latin
exceptus (past participle of
excipere to take out), equivalent to
ex-
ex-1 +
-ceptus (combining form of
captus, past participle of
capere to take)
synonym study for except
1.
Except (more rarely
excepting ),
but,
save point out something excluded from a general statement.
Except emphasizes the excluding:
Take any number except 12.
But merely states the exclusion:
We ate all but one.
Save is now mainly found in poetic use:
nothing in sight save sky and sea.
Words nearby except
British Dictionary definitions for except for
except
/ (ɪkˈsɛpt) /
preposition
Also: except for
other than; apart from; with the exception of
he likes everyone except you; except for this mistake, you did very well
except that (conjunction)
but for the fact that; were it not true that
conjunction
an archaic word for unless
informal
except that; but for the fact that
I would have arrived earlier, except I lost my way
verb
(tr)
to leave out; omit; exclude
(intr often foll by to) rare
to take exception; object
Word Origin for except
C14: from Old French
excepter to leave out, from Latin
exceptāre, from
excipere to take out, from
capere to take
Idioms and Phrases with except for
except for
Also, with the exception of. Other than, were it not for. For example, Except for Jack, everyone came to the party, or With the exception of the weather, everything went extremely well. [c. 1600]