EXCEPT


Meaning of EXCEPT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪksept ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true.

I wouldn’t have accepted anything except a job in Europe...

I don’t take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds...

PREP

Except is also a conjunction.

Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play...

CONJ : oft CONJ that/when/where/if

2.

You use except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true.

He hadn’t eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad...

Everyone was late, except for Richard.

PREP-PHRASE

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