except

/ɪkˈsɛpt/

IPA: /IH0 K S EH1 P T/

verb

1
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
2
To take exception, to object (to or against).
“to except to a witness or his testimony”

preposition

1
With the exception of; but.
“There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.”
syn:apart from except for outtake with the exception of

Synonyms

conjunction

1
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.”
2
Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.

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