EXCEPT


Meaning of EXCEPT in English

I. verb

1.

Synonyms: exclude , bar, bate, count out, debar, eliminate, rule out, suspend

Related Word: omit, pass over; exempt; reject

Contrasted words: incorporate, receive, work in

Antonyms: admit

2.

Synonyms: object 1, expostulate, inveigh (against), kick, protest, remonstrate

II. preposition

with the exclusion or exception of

except Christmas, we had no long holiday

Synonyms: apart from, aside from, bar, barring, bating, beside, besides, but, ||cep, except for, excluding, exclusive of, outside, outside of, save, saving

III. conjunction

1.

on any other condition than that

wouldn't go near that woman except I had to

Synonyms: but, save, saving, unless, ||without

2.

Synonyms: only , but, however, save, yet

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