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Word: except (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Conjunction:

  • archaic Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
  • With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

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Preposition:

  • With the exception of; but.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To take exception, to object ('''to''' or '''against''').
  • transitive To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

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