except
(verb, conjunction, preposition)
conjunction
1. 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.
2. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
preposition
1. With the exception of; but.
- There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
verb
1. take exception to
Similar word(s): demur
Definition categories: communication, object
2. prevent from being included or considered or accepted
Similar word(s): exclude, omit
Definition categories: cognition, eliminate, extinguish
Sentences with except as a verb:
- to except to a witness or his testimony