except
preposition
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Definition of except
(Entry 1 of 3)
: with the exclusion or exception of daily except Sundays
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verbexcept
conjunctionDefinition of except (Entry 3 of 3)
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Synonyms for except
Synonyms: Preposition
apart from, aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, except for, excluding, exclusive of, other than, outside, outside of, save, saving
Synonyms: Verb
demur, expostulate, kick, object, protest, remonstrate
Synonyms: Conjunction
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Examples of except in a Sentence
Preposition
The stores will be open daily except Sundays. the store is open daily except SundaysVerb
Children were excepted from the study. I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living.Conjunction
I'd go, except it's too far.
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If the deal is ratified, a 21-month standstill period will follow Brexit on March 29 during which the U.K.’s relationship with the EU will be essentially unchanged, except that there will be no direct British representation in EU institutions. — Stephen Fidler, WSJ, "An Explainer on the 585-page Brexit Deal," 14 Nov. 2018 Open to legal residents of the 50 United States/D.C. 21 or older, except employees of Sponsor, their immediate families and those living in the same household. — Condé Naste Traveler: Post, "Discover Dallas Sweepstakes," 26 Oct. 2018 All goods are made in California except Kim’s jackets, which are made in Texas, and Ruiko Kurihara’s clothing, which is made and hand-embroidered in Vietnam. — Mandy Behbehani, San Francisco Chronicle, "Indie fashion lines band together with SF Bay Makers," 14 June 2018 Tmall and Taobao are quite similar, except Tmall’s deals are offered by companies to customers, while Taobao contains deals sold by individuals, which is more like eBay. — Shannon Liao, The Verge, "The best deals from Alibaba’s Singles Day," 10 Nov. 2018 All the women were anonymous at the time except Denhollander. — Jason Schmidt, Glamour, "The Army of Women Who Took Down Larry Nassar," 30 Oct. 2018 Last year's list was similar, except that Yale switched places with Stanford and MIT switched places with Princeton. — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, "'Forbes' Releases 2018 America’s Top Colleges Rankings," 22 Aug. 2018 That is more than a 'fair share' in anyone’s view—except the most wild redistributionists (some of whom, sadly, are candidates for office). — sacbee, "Tax haircuts and concerts – or the rich? Californians consider the options," 9 July 2018 There aren’t too many more details available at the moment, except that interested audience members can sign up for updates via email. — Rachel King, Fortune, "Book Clubs Are Really Having a Moment Right Now," 2 July 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Google gets top marks for the exterior of the Pixel Slate (keyboard excepted), but the interior is where things start to get messy. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "Google Pixel Slate review: slapdash," 27 Nov. 2018 Turkey and Britain excepted, the NATO nations are more dependencies than allies. ... — Ezra Klein, Vox, "Why is Trump undermining NATO and the EU? He just told us.," 13 July 2018 In our Big 4 games hands are crucial to most of the key players (offensive and defensive linemen generally excepted). — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, "You don’t have to love soccer to appreciate the greatness of the World Cup," 29 June 2018 But the Westside's streets are gridlocked for hours twice a day, everyday; cycling is often lethal; and excepting main commercial strips and touristy stretches, most of the area's sidewalks are utterly empty. — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "Fly On, My Sleek Electric Bird," 30 May 2018 And all of the attendees, possibly excepting the guy from DSA, are united by their desire to get a photo of (or long-distance selfie with) Musk, who is mobbed at the stage after the presentation. — Kevin Lincoln, The Verge, "I went to Elon Musk’s Boring Company LA pep rally," 18 May 2018 Congress hasn’t impeached a member of the executive branch (presidents excepted) since the 19th century. — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, "The Real Constitutional Crisis," 24 May 2018 Daniel Slater of the University of Michigan points out that during that period not a single regime met even minimally democratic standards, excepting Thailand’s brief flirtation with democracy in 1973-76, which soon gave way to military rule. — The Economist, "South-East Asia: lots of elections, not so much democracy," 24 May 2018 No one has played more basketball than the Warriors over the past four seasons, excepting the seemingly ageless LeBron James. — Al Saracevic, SFChronicle.com, "After four long years of winning, are the Warriors tired?," 23 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'except.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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except
preposition
English Language Learners Definition of except
(Entry 1 of 3)
: not including (someone or something) : other than (something or someone)
except
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of except (Entry 2 of 3)
: to leave out (someone or something) : to not include (someone or something)
except
conjunctionEnglish Language Learners Definition of except (Entry 3 of 3)
—used to introduce a statement that indicates the only person or thing that is not included in or referred to by a previous statement
—used to introduce a statement that explains the reason why something is not possible, will not happen, etc.
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Kids Definition of except
(Entry 1 of 3)
1 : not including We're open every day except Sundays.
2 : other than : but She told everyone except me.
except
conjunctionKids Definition of except (Entry 2 of 3)
: if it were not for the fact that : only I'd go, except it's too far.
except
verbKids Definition of except (Entry 3 of 3)
: to leave out from a number or a whole : exclude Children are excepted from the requirements.
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