English
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Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�pt|-�pt
audio|En-uk-except.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-except.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb
- transitive To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
#*2007: But this [ban on circumcision] must have been a provocation, as the emperor Antoninus Pius later acknowledged by excepting the Jews. � Glen Bowersock, �Provocateur�, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 17
- context|intransitive|rare|construed with to or against To take exception, to object to.
#*1658: The Athenians might fairly except against the practise of Democritus to be buried up in honey; as fearing to embezzle a great commodity of their Countrey � Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 23)
Translations
trans-top|to exclude
Hungarian: t|hu|kizár
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trans-top|to take exception, to object to
Hungarian: t|hu|visszautasÃt, t|hu|óvást emel
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ttbc|French: exclure (4)
ttbc|Serbian: osim, sem
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Preposition
except
- With the exception of; but.
#:There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
Translations
trans-top|with the exception of
Arabic: ARchar|ا�ا|إ��ا (�ill�)
Czech: krom�
Dutch: behalve
Finnish: paitsi
French: excepté, sauf
German: au�er
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Hungarian: t|hu|kivéve
Kurdish: KUchar|جگ� ����
Spanish: excepto, salvo
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Conjunction
except
- With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
#:You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair.
#:I never made fun of her except teasingly.
Anagrams
expect
Category:English conjunctions
Category:English prepositions
fa:except
fr:except
io:except
it:except
ku:except
hu:except
ja:except
pt:except
fi:except
ta:except
te:except
vi:except
zh:except
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