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21except — I ex•cept [[t]ɪkˈsɛpt[/t]] prep. 1) with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me[/ex] 2) fun only; with the exception (usu. fol. by that): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other[/ex] 3) fun… …
22except — v., prep., & conj. v.tr. (often as excepted adj. placed after object) exclude from a general statement, condition, etc. (excepted him from the amnesty; present company excepted). prep. (often foll. by for) not including; other than (all failed… …
23except — 1. verb /ɛksɛpt/ a) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. But this [ban on circumcision] must have been a provocation, as the emperor Antoninus Pius later acknowledged by excepting the Jews. b) To take exception, to object ( …
24except — Synonyms and related words: abjure, abscind, absolve, amputate, annihilate, apart from, aside from, ban, bar, barring, bate, beside, besides, bob, brush aside, but, chuck, chuck out, clip, contemn, contradict, count out, crop, cull, cut, cut away …
25except — /ɪk sept/ preposition, conjunction not including ● VAT is levied on all goods and services except books, newspapers and children’s clothes. ● Sales are rising in all markets except the Far East …
26except — See accept. See accept, except …
27except — [14] If you except something, you literally ‘take it out’. The verb comes from exceptus, the past participle of Latin excipere, a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and capere ‘take’ (source of English capture). The use of the word as a… …
28except — preposition not including; other than. conjunction 1》 used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made. 2》 archaic unless. verb [often as postposition adjective excepted] specify as not included: present company excepted. Origin… …
29except — 1. preposition every day except Monday Syn: excluding, not including, excepting, omitting, not counting, but, besides, apart from, aside from, barring, bar, other than, saving; with the exception of, save for; informal outside of Ant …
30except — I prep 1. excluding, with the exclusion of, barring, leaving out, omitting, not counting, less, minus; but, save, saving, excepting, with the exception of; other than, apart from, besides, Inf. outside of. conj. 2.Usu. except that with the… …
