except
Meaning of except
preposition
- not including; other than.
they work every day except Sunday
I was naked except for my socks
- 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
- 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.
- Languages in which except is used:
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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:
Meaning exclude:
Meaning not taking someone or something into account; except:
Meaning except for; apart from:
Meaning leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully:
Meaning except; apart from; other than:
Meaning in addition to; apart from:
Meaning except for; if not for:
Meaning except for:
Meaning with the exception of; except:
Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:
Meaning in addition to; besides:
Meaning pay no attention to; ignore:
except antonyms
Meaning containing as part of the whole being considered:
Meaning comprise or contain as part of a whole:
Translation of except
- German: außer, ausgenommen
- French: sauf, excepté, excepter
- Spanish: excepto, salvo, exceptuar, omitir
- Portuguese: excepto
- Italian: eccetto, eccettuare, omettere
Anagrams of except
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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