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  • 51but — /bʌt / (say but), weak form /bət / (say buht) conjunction 1. on the contrary; yet: they all went, but I didn t. 2. except, rather than, or save: anywhere but here. 3. without the circumstance that, or that not: it never rains but it pours. 4.… …

  • 52BUT — Pour les articles homonymes, voir BUT (homonymie). Logo de BUT Création …

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  • 53but —  used negatively after a pronoun presents a problem that has confounded careful users for generations. Do you say, Everyone but him had arrived or Everyone but he had arrived ? The authorities themselves are divided.  Some regard but as a… …

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  • 54but —    used negatively after a pronoun presents a problem that has confounded careful users for generations. Do you say, Everyone but him had arrived or Everyone but he had arrived ? The authorities themselves are divided.    Some regard but as a… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 55but. — This is a submission and a question. The submission is: but. There is a long accepted use of a terminal but... in English. Thus, He said, Yes, but.... to mean a thought the listener can complete or the like. My question is not about that use of… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 56but. — This is a submission and a question. The submission is: but. There is a long accepted use of a terminal but... in English. Thus, He said, Yes, but.... to mean a thought the listener can complete or the like. My question is not about that use of… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 57but */*/*/ — weak [bət] , strong [bʌt] grammar word summary: But can be: ■ a conjunction: She s 83 but she still goes swimming every day. ■ a preposition: There s been nothing but trouble since he came. 1) used for introducing a different idea used for… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 58But — This interesting surname of English origin with variant spellings But, Butt, Butte, Bute, etc., is derived from the middle English personal name But(t) of unknown origin, perhaps originally a nickname meaning short and stocky and akin to the late …

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  • 59but — I Australian Slang (adv.) however; though (used at the end of a sentence): We never win but ; I cannot confirm or deny any of your points but ; I never did it but II A Geordie Dictionary A kind of spoken full stop or period. Sentences are often… …

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  • 60But — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

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