Definition of “except”
verb:
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To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
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To take exception, to object (to or against).
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preposition:
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With the exception of; but.
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conjunction:
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With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
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Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
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