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Definitions for Except
[1] with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me.
[2] only; with the exception (usually followed by that ): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other.
[3] otherwise than; but (followed by an adv., phrase, or clause): well fortified except here.
[4] Archaic . unless.
[5] except for , if it were not for: She would travel more except for lack of money.
[6] to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
[7] to object (usually followed by to or against ): to except to a statement; to except against a witness.
[8] Also: except for other than; apart from; with the exception of he likes everyone except you ; except for this mistake, you did very well
[9] except that (conjunction) but for the fact that; were it not true that
[10] an archaic word for unless
[11] informal except that; but for the fact that I would have arrived earlier, except I lost my way
[12] (tr) to leave out; omit; exclude
[13] (intr often foll by to ) rare to take exception; object
Words related to Except
save, exclude, barring, saving, lacking, omitting, bar, excluding, excepting, bate, object, exempt, omit, expostulate, disallow, protest, suspend, eliminate, reject, ban
Words nearby Except
excellency, excellent, excelsior, excelsior springs, excementosis, except, except for, excepting, exception, exception proves the rule, the, exceptionable
Origin of Except
21350–1400; Middle English excepten < Middle French excepter < Latin exceptāre, derivative of exceptus (see except1)
Other words from Except
ex·cept·a·ble , adjective
non·ex·cept·ed , adjective
un·ex·cept·a·ble , adjective
un·ex·cept·ed , adjective
Word origin for Except
C14: from Old French excepter to leave out, from Latin exceptāre, from excipere to take out, from capere to take
Synonyms for Except
save, bar, barring, excepting, excluding, exempting, lacking, omitting, rejecting, saving, apart from, aside from, besides, but, exclusive of, if not, leaving out, minus, not for, outside of, short of, with the exception of, without