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What does EXCEPT mean?

Definitions for EXCEPT
ɪkˈsɛptex·cept

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word EXCEPT.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. demur, exceptverb

    take exception to

    "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

  2. exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take outverb

    prevent from being included or considered or accepted

    "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"

Wiktionary

  1. exceptverb

    To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

  2. exceptverb

    To take exception, to object (to or against).

  3. exceptconjunction

    With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

  4. exceptconjunction

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

  5. exceptpreposition

    With the exception of; but.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Exceptpreposit.

    Etymology: from the verb. This word, long taken as a preposition or conjunction, is originally the participle passive of the verb; which, like most others, had for its participle two terminations, except or excepted. All except one, is all, one excepted. Except may be, according to the Teutonick idiom, the imperative mood: all, except one; that is, all but one, which you must except.

    Richard except, those, whom we fight against,
    Had rather have us win than him they follow. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    God and his son except,
    Nought valued he nor fear’d. John Milton.

    It is necessary to know our duty, because ’tis necessary for us to do it; and it is impossible to do it, except we know it. John Tillotson.

  2. To EXCEPTverb

    Etymology: excipio, Latin.

    But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest, that he is excepted which did put all things under him. 1 Cor. xv. 27.

    Adam, behold
    Th’ effects, which thy original crime hath wrought In some to spring from thee, who never touch’d
    Th’ excepted tree. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 426.

  3. To Exceptverb

    To object; to make objections.

    A succession which our author could not except against. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. except

    Except is a preposition, conjunction, or verb that signifies the exclusion of something or someone from a particular statement or category. It implies 'not including' or 'other than'. It can also express an objection or contradiction, often used in phrases like 'except for'.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exceptverb

    to take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit

  2. Exceptverb

    to object to; to protest against

  3. Exceptverb

    to take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony

  4. Except

    with exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting

  5. Except

    unless; if it be not so that

  6. Etymology: [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See Capable.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Except

    ek-sept′, v.t. to take or leave out: to exclude.—v.i. to object.—prep. leaving out: excluding: but.—adj. and n. Except′ant.—prep. Except′ing, with the exception of, except.—n. Excep′tion, the act of excepting: that which is excepted: exclusion: objection: offence.—adj. Excep′tionable, objectionable.—adv. Excep′tionably.—adj. Excep′tional, peculiar.—adv. Excep′tionally.—adjs. Excep′tious, disposed to take exception; Except′ive, including, making, or being an exception; Except′less (Shak.), making an exception, usual.—n. Except′or. [L. excipĕre, exceptum—ex, out, capĕre, to take.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'EXCEPT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2534

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'EXCEPT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2639

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  1. expect

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of EXCEPT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of EXCEPT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of EXCEPT in a Sentence

  1. Edward Hoagland:

    The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.

  2. Sylvain Lefebvre:

    Everyone in our organization — that is, staff, coaches and players — are vaccinated, including minor-league staff, coaches, except one player.

  3. Gerald Scarfe:

    I spent a lot of time in hospital, and in bed I had nothing much to do except draw and read, and drawing became my way of expressing myself, getting my thoughts and fears down on paper. And I suppose that's what I'm still doing: drawing things that I fear, someone asked me the other day if I thought all the drugs I had to take as a child had an effect on me.

  4. Hunter Biden:

    What I'm not going to let you all do is take the focus off the problem, no one -- no one -- has asserted my son did a single thing wrong. No one has asserted that I have done anything wrong except The President.

  5. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker:

    I believe Bill Barr when he says the President tweeting about cases is not helpful for him running the Department of Justice and administering justice, i was lucky that I didn't have the President tweeting about cases, except for the Mueller investigation while I was acting attorney general.

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  • باستثناء, إلاArabic
  • за выключэннем, акрамяBelarusian
  • с изключение на, освен, освен ако, изключвамBulgarian
  • vyjma, mimo, vyloučit, kromě, namítatCzech
  • außerGerman
  • εξαιρώ, [[εξαιρούμενος, εκτός, διαφωνώGreek
  • escepti, kromEsperanto
  • salvo que, excepto, salvoSpanish
  • باستثنای, جز, بجز, مگرPersian
  • paitsi, erivapaus, vapauttaa, lukuun ottamatta, poikkeus, vastustaaFinnish
  • objecter, protester, hormis, à l'exception de, s'élever, excepter, sauf, excepté, faire une exceptionFrench
  • agásGalician
  • חוץ מ־Hebrew
  • visszautasít, óvást emel, kivéve, kizárHungarian
  • salvoItalian
  • 除いて, 以外Japanese
  • გარდაGeorgian
  • ...을 빼면, ... 외에는, ... 말고는Korean
  • جگەلە‌Kurdish
  • nisi, praeterLatin
  • kecualiMalay
  • bortsett fra, utenomNorwegian
  • bezwaar maken, uitsluiten, uitgezonderd, protesteren, uitzonderen, behalve, bezwaar hebbenDutch
  • utanomNorwegian Nynorsk
  • unnateki, unnta, unngå, unnateke, bortsett fra, unntattNorwegian
  • oprócz, z wyjątkiemPolish
  • excepcionar, salvo, fora, só que, objetar, menos, excetoPortuguese
  • исключать, исключить, за исключением того, что, возразить, за исключением, исключая, кроме, возражатьRussian
  • osim, sem, осим, семSerbo-Croatian
  • okrem, vylúčiťSlovak
  • förutom, bortsett frånSwedish
  • தவிரTamil
  • తప్పTelugu
  • ยกเว้นThai
  • başkaTurkish
  • за винятком, крімUkrainian
  • phản đối, ngoại trừ, trừVietnamese
  • 除Chinese

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