Definitions for Except
ɪkˈsɛptEx·cept

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. demur, except(verb)

   take exception to

   "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

2. exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out(verb)

   prevent from being included or considered or accepted

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

Wiktionary(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. except(Verb)

   To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

2. except(Verb)

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

3. except(Conjunction)

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

4. except(Conjunction)

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

5. except(Preposition)

   With the exception of; but.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Except(verb)

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

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

2. Except(verb)

   to object to; to protest against

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

3. Except(verb)

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

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

4. Except

   with exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting

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

5. Except

   unless; if it be not so that

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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

Anagrams for Except »

1. expect

How to pronounce Except?

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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. Walter Bagehot:

   Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns.

2. Richard Neal:

   The president has repeatedly said on the campaign trail and then after becoming president, he intended to do this, to release them, except that he was under audit, so that's the basis we proceed on.

3. Gregory Peters:

   Uncertainty will be a multi-year event, which will clearly benefit the U.S. from rates to risk assets (except for financials), as the U.S. will benefit from capital flows.

4. American Joey Chestnut:

   When I'm in training, I eat no solid food except hot dogs for six weeks.

5. Osama Mohamed:

   Before this incident he was religious like any other Egyptian but he did not hate the men from state security or Egyptian Army and he had many friends in the police, after this incident he cut all of them off except for two.

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