except — not including; other than
Part of speech: PREPOSITION
Definition: not including; other than
Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪkˈsept/
Example Sentences
- I eat everything except vegetables - I'm basically a carnivorous dinosaur.
- The store is open every day except Sunday.
- My room is perfectly clean except for the clothes mountain on my bed.
except
PREPOSITION[/ɪkˈsept/]
not including; other than
Everyone in the class raised their hand except Tom, who was fast asleep.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Latin exceptus, the past participle of excipere, meaning 'to take out' or 'to exclude'. The word originates from the literal sense of removing or singling out something from a group.
Breakdown
ex- (out, away) + capere (to take, seize) → exceptus (taken out, excluded), giving the modern sense of exclusion or omission from a general rule.
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“I eat everything except vegetables - I'm basically a carnivorous dinosaur.”
“The store is open every day except Sunday.”
“My room is perfectly clean except for the clothes mountain on my bed.”
“All students passed the exam except three.”
“I would help you move except that I mysteriously hurt my back this morning.”
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