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- Dictionaryexcept/ɪkˈsɛpt/
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 excluded from a category or group: formal "five classes of advertisement are excepted from control"
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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.
The meaning of EXCEPT is with the exclusion or exception of. How to use except in a sentence.
verb (used with object) to exclude from or leave out of a particular category: Surveys that are used exclusively for certain educational purposes are excepted from these requirements. verb (used without object) to object (usually followed by to or against ): to except to a statement; to except against a witness. except. / ɪkˈsɛpt / preposition.
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. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe.
1. Also: except for other than; apart from; with the exception of: he likes everyone except you; except for this mistake, you did very well. 2. except that ( conjunction) but for the fact that; were it not true that. conj.
The preposition except means "excluding." When we refer to the continental United States, we mean the whole country except Alaska and Hawaii. This word can also be used as a conjunction meaning "but": If you're not very hungry, you might not eat anything, except a few crackers.
except. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ex‧cept1 /ɪkˈsept/ S2 W2 conjunction, preposition 1 used to introduce the only person, thing, action, fact, or situation about which a statement is not true The office is open every day except Sundays.
EXCEPT definition: not including a particular fact, thing, or person: . Learn more.
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 [...]
Except Definition. With the exclusion of; other than; but. Everyone except me. Leaving out; omitting; other than; but. To everyone except me. With the exception of; but. There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that:
