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- DictionaryEx·cept/ikˈsept/
preposition
- 1. not including; other than: "they work every day except Sunday"
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"
verb
- 1. specify as not included in a category or group; exclude: formal "he excepted from his criticism a handful of distinguished writers"
The preposition except means "excluding." When we refer to the continental United States, we mean the whole country except Alaska and Hawaii. This word can also be used as a conjunction meaning "but": If you're not very hungry, you might not eat anything, except a few crackers. As a verb, except is often used in the past tense: All drivers must ...
1 day ago · 1. preposition. You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe. I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds.
Meaning of except – Learner’s Dictionary. except. preposition, conjunction. uk / ɪkˈsept / us. Add to word list. A2. not including a particular fact, thing, or person: The boat sails from Oban every day except Sunday. Everyone passed the exam except for Rory. [ + (that) ] So nothing changed, except that Anna saw her son less and less.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧cept1 /ɪkˈsept/ S2 W2 conjunction, preposition 1 used to introduce the only person, thing, action, fact, or situation about which a statement is not true The office is open every day except Sundays.
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.
Definition of except verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Also: except for other than; apart from; with the exception of: he likes everyone except you; except for this mistake, you did very well. 2. except that ( conjunction) but for the fact that; were it not true that. conj.
