except

Verb

Verb Forms: excepted, excepting, excepts

• To leave out or exclude from a group or list.
• take exception to
• prevent from being included or considered or accepted
• To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
• To take exception, to object (to or against).

Prep

• Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

Conj

• Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
• Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.
• Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.

Examples

• Come any time except between ten and twelve.
• I almost walked out, except I remembered the promise I had made.
• I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course!
• I never made fun of her except teasingly.
• The rules EXCEPT proper nouns from valid Scrabble plays.
• There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
• They fired tear gas at us, except the wind was blowing the wrong way.
• to except to a witness or his testimony
• To survive, I did everything except steal.
• You look a bit like my sister, except (that) she has longer hair.

Synonyms

demur, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out, apart, apart from, aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, but for, except, except for, excepting, excluding, forby, modulo, not counting, other than, outtake, save, save for, saving, with the exception of

Antonyms

include, even, for example, in addition to

Related Words

exception, excipient

Anagrams of except