Definition of except
: with the exclusion or exception of
- daily except Sundays
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Examples of except in a Sentence
The stores will be open daily except Sundays.
the store is open daily except Sundays
Recent Examples of except from the Web
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On the anchor leg of the 400 relay, Carter — a 100-meter dash champion at 10.22 Saturday — swooshed past everyone except Bloomfield.
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Every state except Hawaii experienced rising diagnosis rates of depression over the course of the study period.
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No transfer, assignment or substitution of a prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize is unavailable.
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Think Amazon's Echo Show, except not made by Google itself the way Google Home is.
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So 2018 is no different, except last week’s two-game series between the rivals took a weird turn and left the two teams tied for first place in the league standings.
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Try getting this time off work: Viking Cruises just announced the longest-ever world cruise, a continuous, 59-country, 245-day journey that will fully circumnavigate the world and hit every continent except Antarctica.
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No transfer, assignment or substitution of a prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize is unavailable.
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No transfer, assignment or substitution of a prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an advertised prize is unavailable.
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First Known Use of except
14th century
except Synonyms
Synonyms
apart from, aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, except for, excluding, exclusive of, other than, outside, outside of, save, saving;
Examples of except in a Sentence
Children were excepted from the study.
I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living.
Recent Examples of except from the Web
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Who — present company excepted — reads newspapers anymore?
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Raise the firearm purchase age to 21, excepting members of the military, suggested Rep. Dan Miller (D., Allegheny).
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However, Trump or Pentagon officials could designate weapons maintenance as an ‘‘excepted activity’’ under the Antideficiency Act and keep those operations running during a shutdown.
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The skies stayed almost entirely dry, excepting the sprinkles that fell at 12:20 p.m. in downtown Detroit and lasted only a few minutes.
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Out in the main hall, bussers are posted to clear tables, while patrons order from kiosks at each concept (excepting the bakery and Tia Loca).
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This certainly seems to be an awful lot of national journalists married to Democrats, Andrea Mitchell excepted.
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More to the point, the P20 Pro will be available to buy in far more places around the world (US unfortunately excepted) than Google’s boutique product.
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But that was in the aftermath of Obamacare, perhaps the single most unpopular piece of governmental imposition in history (excepting only the 16th and 18th Amendments) and the rise of the tea party.
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Examples of except in a Sentence
I'd go, except it's too far.
First Known Use of except
15th century
EXCEPT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of except for English Language Learners
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: not including (someone or something) : other than (something or someone)
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Definition of except for English Language Learners
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: to leave out (someone or something) : to not include (someone or something)
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Definition of except for English Language Learners
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—used to introduce a statement that indicates the only person or thing that is not included in or referred to by a previous statement
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—used to introduce a statement that explains the reason why something is not possible, will not happen, etc.
EXCEPT Defined for Kids
Definition of except for Students
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: not including
- We're open every day except Sundays.
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: other than : but
- She told everyone except me.
Definition of except for Students
: if it were not for the fact that : only
- I'd go, except it's too far.
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