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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 meaning of EXCEPT is with the exclusion or exception of. How to use except in a sentence.
Except definition: with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but. See examples of EXCEPT used in a sentence.
not including; but not: The museum is open daily except Monday (s). The government has few options except to keep interest rates high. It's cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen. There is nothing to indicate the building's past, except (for) the fireplace. Fewer examples.
To is to receive, and is to exclude, usually. Both are busy little words skipping around to different meanings, but they never run into each other. The preposition except means "excluding." When we refer to the continental United States, we mean the whole country except Alaska and Hawaii.
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.
Definitions of 'except'. 1. 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. [...] 2. See except for [...] More.
EXCEPT definition: not including a particular fact, thing, or person: . Learn more.
EXCEPT meaning: 1 : not including (someone or something) other than (something or someone); 2 : not including (someone or something) other than (someone or something)
Define except. except synonyms, except pronunciation, except translation, English dictionary definition of except. leave out; exclude: present company excepted; with the exclusion of: Everyone was there except for the guest of honor.
5 days ago · except. Used to introduce a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. Synonyms: apart from, except for, outtake, with the exception of. There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans. 1983, Paul T. Rogers, Saul's Book:
