What does except mean?
Definitions for except
ɪkˈsɛptex·cept
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Princeton's WordNet
demur, except(verb)
take exception to
"he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
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
except(Verb)
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
except(Verb)
To take exception, to object (to or against).
except(Conjunction)
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
except(Conjunction)
Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
except(Preposition)
With the exception of; but.
There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
Webster Dictionary
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.]
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.]
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.]
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.]
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
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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Rank popularity for the word 'except' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2534
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'except' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2639
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of except in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of except in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of except in a Sentence
I had a male client who said he had a fear of flying for seven years, every time he flew he was totally miserable, except for one time when, before he came back from a business trip, he hooked up with someone. He said they didn’t get any sleep. They made love all night long and he dragged himself out of bed onto the airplane and had a perfectly anxiety-free flight.
I would do it, except for these people up there, they would say, did you hear what President Trump said ?
We want to congratulate the Israeli people for the democratic process of the election they engaged in with all of the parties that engage in that election, as you know the hard work of coalition building now begins. Sometimes that takes a couple of weeks and we're going to give space to the formation of that coalition government and we're not going to weigh in one way of the other except to say that the United States and Israel have a historic and close relationship and that will continue going forward.
There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.
Who you are going to tell except your girlfriends and your circle of friends? You’d say or hear, ‘Stay away from that guy.’ ‘Watch out for this casting director.’ And so you would hear it from other people, other people would hear it from other people. ‘Watch out for so and so.’ That’s how you protected yourself: through the grapevine.
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- باستثناء, إلاArabic
- за выключэннем, акрамяBelarusian
- с изключение на, освен, освен ако, изключвамBulgarian
- vyjma, mimo, vyloučit, kromě, namítatCzech
- außerGerman
- εξαιρώ, [[εξαιρούμενος, εκτός, διαφωνώGreek
- escepti, kromEsperanto
- salvo que, excepto, salvoSpanish
- باستثنای, جز, بجز, مگرPersian
- paitsi, erivapaus, vapauttaa, lukuun ottamatta, poikkeus, vastustaaFinnish
- objecter, protester, hormis, à l'exception de, s'élever, excepter, sauf, excepté, faire une exceptionFrench
- agásGalician
- חוץ מ־Hebrew
- visszautasít, óvást emel, kivéve, kizárHungarian
- salvoItalian
- 除いて, 以外Japanese
- გარდაGeorgian
- ...을 빼면, ... 외에는, ... 말고는Korean
- جگەلەKurdish
- nisi, praeterLatin
- kecualiMalay
- bortsett fra, utenomNorwegian
- bezwaar maken, uitsluiten, uitgezonderd, protesteren, uitzonderen, behalve, bezwaar hebbenDutch
- utanomNorwegian Nynorsk
- unnateki, unnta, unngå, unnateke, bortsett fra, unntattNorwegian
- oprócz, z wyjątkiemPolish
- excepcionar, salvo, fora, só que, objetar, menos, excetoPortuguese
- исключать, исключить, за исключением того, что, возразить, за исключением, исключая, кроме, возражатьRussian
- osim, sem, осим, семSerbo-Croatian
- okrem, vylúčiťSlovak
- förutom, bortsett frånSwedish
- తప్పTelugu
- ยกเว้นThai
- başkaTurkish
- за винятком, крімUkrainian
- phản đối, ngoại trừ, trừVietnamese
- 除Chinese
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