except

Meanings

• preposition, conjunction, adverb

  Used to indicate omitting or excluding something.

  - "He forgot to invite John, except for Mary."
  - "I will buy all fruits, except for bananas."
  - "She can speak all languages, except for Chinese."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɪkˈsɛpt/
   
   
   
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2. /ɛkˈsɛpt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

apart from , except for , outtake , with the exception of

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with except
excepted , perceptible , deceptive , defectible

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Variants

List of all variants of except that leads to same result
except , excepting , excepted , exceptive , excepts , except for

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally from Old French 'exceptier', meaning 'to hold out, exclude'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'except' is used over 3,000 times in the King James Bible.

2. In mathematics, 'except' is used in set theory to denote the complement of a set.

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Related Concepts

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1. exclude: To keep something out or prevent it from being included.

2. omit: To leave something out or fail to include it.

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Culture

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In literature, 'except' is often used in legal contexts and in formal writing to indicate exclusion. In art, it can be used as a visual or thematic device to highlight what is being excluded.

How to Memorize "except"

1. mnemonics
   

   - To remember that 'except' means excluding, imagine a box with an 'X' on it, representing what is being excluded.

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