Except /ɪkˈsɛpt/

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

Definition

verb

To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
To take exception, to object (to or against).
“to except to a witness or his testimony”

preposition

With the exception of; but.
“There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.”

conjunction

With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
“I never made fun of her except teasingly.”
Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.

Synonyms apart from except for outtake with the exception of

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Except /ɪkˈsɛpt/

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