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- Dictionaryex·cept/ikˈsept/
preposition
- 1. not including; other than: "they work every day except Sunday"
conjunction
- 1. used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made: "I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money"
verb
- 1. specify as not included in a category or group; exclude: formal "he excepted from his criticism a handful of distinguished writers"
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Jul 16, 2015 · The meaning of EXCEPT is with the exclusion or exception of. How to use except in a sentence.
not including; but not: The museum is open daily except Monday (s). The government has few options except to keep interest rates high. It's cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen. There is nothing to indicate the building's past, except (for) the fireplace. Fewer examples.
Except is most commonly used as a preposition meaning excluding or but, as in Everyone was invited except me, or as a conjunction meaning but for the fact that, as in I would have called, except I lost my phone.
The preposition except means "excluding." When we refer to the continental United States, we mean the whole country except Alaska and Hawaii. This word can also be used as a conjunction meaning "but": If you're not very hungry, you might not eat anything, except a few crackers.
You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe.
Define except. except synonyms, except pronunciation, except translation, English dictionary definition of except. leave out; exclude: present company excepted; with the exclusion of: Everyone was there except for the guest of honor.
Definition of except preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
