Definitions for except
ɪkˈsɛptex·cept

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. demur, exceptverb

   take exception to

   "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

2. exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take outverb

   prevent from being included or considered or accepted

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. exceptverb

   To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

2. exceptverb

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

3. exceptconjunction

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

4. exceptconjunction

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

5. exceptpreposition

   With the exception of; but.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exceptpreposit.

   Etymology: from the verb. This word, long taken as a preposition or conjunction, is originally the participle passive of the verb; which, like most others, had for its participle two terminations, except or excepted. All except one, is all, one excepted. Except may be, according to the Teutonick idiom, the imperative mood: all, except one; that is, all but one, which you must except.

   1. Exclusively of; without inclusion of.

   Richard except, those, whom we fight against,
   Had rather have us win than him they follow. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   God and his son except,
   Nought valued he nor fear’d. John Milton.

   2. Unless.

   It is necessary to know our duty, because ’tis necessary for us to do it; and it is impossible to do it, except we know it. John Tillotson.

2. To EXCEPTverb

   Etymology: excipio, Latin.

   1. To leave out, and specify as left out of a general precept, or position.

   But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest, that he is excepted which did put all things under him. 1 Cor. xv. 27.

   Adam, behold
   Th’ effects, which thy original crime hath wrought In some to spring from thee, who never touch’d
   Th’ excepted tree. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 426.

3. To Exceptverb

   To object; to make objections.

   A succession which our author could not except against. John Locke.

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1. except

   Except is a preposition, conjunction, or verb that signifies the exclusion of something or someone from a particular statement or category. It implies 'not including' or 'other than'. It can also express an objection or contradiction, often used in phrases like 'except for'.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exceptverb

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

2. Exceptverb

   to object to; to protest against

3. Exceptverb

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

4. Except

   with exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting

5. Except

   unless; if it be not so that

6. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

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1. Except

   Accept vs. Except -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Accept and Except.

Matched Categories

1. • Object

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?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Isaac Asimov:

   One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

2. Mohamed Ismail:

   Our lives are very difficult since the war began. We cannot grow crops except in a very small area because rebels and gangs come and loot our fields.

3. La Rochefoucauld:

   We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us.

4. Chuck Grassley:

   I don't know how you can reach any conclusion, except that Trump had everybody in the White House to discuss it and unanimously except for one they said you shouldn't do what the one lawyer said he thought the president ought to do. The president rejected it. The President did the right thing, the president and the White House, particularly a man named Jeffrey Clark… put a full court press on the acting attorney general to try to enlist them in overturning the results of the last election.

5. Socrates:

   I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

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