Except

/ɪkˈsɛpt/

The meaning and definition of Except, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

preposition
  1. With the exception of; but.
    “There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.”
verb
  1. To take exception, to object (to or against).
    “to except to a witness or his testimony”
  2. To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
Synonyms apart from except for outtake with the exception of

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