except

Meaning of except

preposition
  1. not including; other than.
    they work every day except Sunday
    I was naked except for my socks
conjunction
  1. used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made.
    I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money
    our berets were the same except mine was blue
verb
  1. specify as excluded from a category or group.
    five classes of advertisement are excepted from control

late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’.

Information about except

  • The plural form of except is: excepts.
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Hyphenation of except

ex-cept

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • except is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

except synonyms

Meaning demur:

demur

Meaning exclude:

exclude, omit

Meaning not taking someone or something into account; except:

excluding

Meaning except for; apart from:

excepting

Meaning leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully:

omitting

Meaning except; apart from; other than:

but

Meaning in addition to; apart from:

besides

Meaning except for; if not for:

barring

Meaning except for:

bar

Meaning with the exception of; except:

saving

Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:

save

Meaning in addition to; besides:

forbye

Meaning pay no attention to; ignore:

disregard

except antonyms

Meaning containing as part of the whole being considered:

including

Meaning comprise or contain as part of a whole:

include

Translation of except

Anagrams of except

expect

Words that rhyme with except

Cept, Viracept, abatacept, alefacept, accept, misaccept, preaccept, reaccept, unaccept, Xerecept, precept, recept, Aricept, SaliCept, CellCept, GenCept, concept, incept, preconcept, subconcept, Biocept, etanercept, intercept, percept, repercept, discept, introsuscept, intussuscept, suscept, outcept, preexcept

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