English Online Dictionary. What means except? What does except mean?
English
Alternative forms
- excepte (rare or archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛpt/, /ɛkˈsɛpt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛpt/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əkˈsɛpt/
- Homophone: accept (in some dialects)
- Rhymes: -ɛpt
Verb
except (third-person singular simple present excepts, present participle excepting, simple past and past participle excepted)
- (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
- (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
- , vol.1, New York Review Books 2001, p.312:
- Yea, but methinks I hear some man except at these words […].
Related terms
Translations
Preposition
except
- Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
- Synonyms: apart from, except for, outtake, with the exception of
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:except
Derived terms
Translations
Conjunction
except
- Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
- (informal) Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.
- (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
Usage notes
The part-of-speech designation of "except" may be debatable for certain complement types.
Translations
Anagrams
- expect
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exceptus.
Adjective
except m or n (feminine singular exceptă, masculine plural excepți, feminine and neuter plural excepte)
- excepted
Declension
References
- except in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN