MAKE AN EXCEPTION

Meaning of MAKE AN EXCEPTION in English

to allow sb not to follow the usual rule on one occasion :

Children are not usually allowed in, but I'm prepared to make an exception in this case.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MAKE AN EXCEPTION — See ↑ LET/ALLOW 7
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXCEPTION — n exception; exception (peremptori, dilatori, etc.) [Law] (peremptory, dilatory, etc.) exception
Interlingua English vocab
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXCEPTION — ikˈsepshən, ek- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English excepcioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French exception, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EXCEPTION — — exceptionless , adj. /ik sep"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the act of excepting or the fact of being excepted. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
EXCEPTION — noun an objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; usually followed by to or against. 2. exception ·noun …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXCEPTION — / ɪkˈsepʃn; NAmE / noun 1. a person or thing that is not included in a general statement : Most …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXCEPTION — ex ‧ cep ‧ tion S3 W2 /ɪkˈsepʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] 1 . something or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EXCEPTION — n. 1 the act or an instance of excepting; the state of being excepted (made an exception in my case). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EXCEPTION — n. 1 the act or an instance of excepting; the state of being excepted (made an exception in my case). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1. tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Oxford English vocab
EXCEPTION — n.1 the act or an instance of excepting; the state of being excepted (made an exception in my case). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — I. CARRYING OUT AN ACTION /meɪk/ ( makes, making, made) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXCEPTION — ( exceptions) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An exception is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXCEPTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES notable exception ▪ Every country in the world signed the treaty, with one notable exception …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXCEPTION — [noun]Mary always leaves home at eight o'clock but today is an exception, she's going later. [C]You must report here every …
Cambridge English vocab
EXCEPTION — See ↑ EXCEPT 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ make an exception • ↑ take exception to • ↑ with the exception …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXCEPTION — n. 25B6; noun this case is an exception : ANOMALY, irregularity, deviation, special case, peculiarity, abnormality, oddity; misfit; informal freak. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXCEPTION — n. 1 exclusion, omission With the exception of those who are absent, all members are entitled to a free T-shirt …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EXCEPTION — noun BAD : Every major city keeps changing and Lisbon is not an exception. GOOD : Every major city keeps …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EXCEPTION — сущ. 1) исключение а) изъятие, невключение (действие) to make an exception for ≈ делать исключение для without exception ≈ без …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EXCEPTION — exception.ogg ıkʹsepʃ(ə)n n 1. исключение, изъятие an exception from /to/ the rule - исключение из правила the exception proves the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EXCEPTION — исключение, исключительный случай, особая (исключительная) ситуация - address error exception - page exception - run-time exception
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
EXCEPTION — исключение, исключительный случай, особая (исключительная) ситуация - address error exception - page exception - run-time exception
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
MAKE — 1) возмещать 2) восполнить 3) выплавлять 4) вырабатывать 5) выявить 6) изготовлять 7) изделие 8) конфекционировать 9) производить 10) равняться 11) совершать 12) составлять 13) уделать 14) уделывать 15) учинять 16) марка • make [take] comparison — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EXCEPTION — 1) изъятие; исключение 2) исключительная ситуация, исключение • with the exception of — за исключением to take exception to — возражать, протестовать - prove-the-rule exception
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EXCEPTION — n 1. исключение, изъятие an exception from /to/ the rule - исключение из правила the exception proves the rule - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EXCEPTION — сущ. 1) а) исключение, изъятие, невключение to make an exception for smth. / smb. — делать исключение для кого-л. / …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EXCEPTION — сущ. 1) а) исключение, изъятие, невключение to make an exception for smth. / smb. — делать исключение для кого-л. / чего-л. without exception — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EXCEPTION — _n. 1> исключение; the exception proves the rule - исключение подтверждает правило; with the exception of... - за исключением... 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EXCEPTION — n. 1. исключение; the exception proves the rule - исключение подтверждает правило; with the exception of... - за исключением... 2. …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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