except

prep.

With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.

conj.

1. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that: I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
2. Otherwise than: They didn't open their mouths except to complain.
3. Unless: “And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st/Except it be to pray against thy foes” (Shakespeare).

v., -cept·ed, -cept·ing, -cepts.

v.tr.

To leave out; exclude: An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.

v.intr.

To object: Counsel excepted to the court's ruling.

idiom:

except for

1. Were it not for: I would join you except for my cold.

[Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere, to exclude : ex-, ex- + capere, to take.]

USAGE NOTE   Except in the sense of “with the exclusion of” or “other than” is generally viewed as a preposition, not a conjunction. Therefore, a personal pronoun that follows except should be in the objective case: No one except me knew it. Everyone had a ticket except her.

verb

1. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: bar, count out, debar, eliminate, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out. See include/exclude.
2. To express opposition, often by argument: challenge, demur, expostulate, inveigh, object, protest, remonstrate. Informal kick, squawk. Idioms: set up a squawk, take exception. See support/oppose.

v

Definition: leave out
Antonyms: admit, allow, include

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IN BRIEF: To exclude.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. — Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915).

Tutor's tip: To "accept" means to receive or approve, while "except" means to exclude. An "excerpt" is a short part of something written or filmed.

Dansk (Danish)
prep. - undtagen, bortset fra
conj. - medmindre
v. tr. - undtage
v. intr. - gøre indsigelse imod

idioms:

• except for    bortset fra
• nobody excepted    ingen undtaget

Nederlands (Dutch)
behalve, op .. na, tenzij, uitzonderen, bezwaar maken

Français (French)
prep. - excepté, sauf, à l'exception de, hormis, sinon, si ce n'est
conj. - à moins que
v. tr. - excepter, exclure, faire exception de
v. intr. - excepter, exclure

idioms:

• except for    à part, à l'exception de, si ce n'est
• nobody excepted    personne sans exception

Deutsch (German)
prep. - außer
conj. - doch, es sei denn
v. - ausnehmen

idioms:

• except for    abgesehen von, außer
• nobody excepted    niemanden ausgenommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
prep. - εκτός από, πλην, εξαιρουμένου (του)
conj. - παρά μόνο, εκτός κι αν
v. - εξαιρώ, αποκλείω

idioms:

• except for    εκτός από
• nobody excepted    ουδενός εξαιρουμένου

Italiano (Italian)
salvo, eccetto che, escludere

idioms:

• except for    eccetto che
• nobody excepted    senza eccezione

Português (Portuguese)
prep. - exceto, a não ser
conj. - a menos que
v. - excetuar, opor-se

idioms:

• except for    exceto por
• nobody excepted    sem exceção de ninguém

Русский (Russian)
кроме, исключать

idioms:

• except for    за исключением
• nobody excepted    без исключений

Español (Spanish)
prep. - excepto, salvo, exceptuando a, con excepción de, a excepción de, menos
conj. - sino, fuera de que
v. tr. - excluir, exceptuar
v. intr. - poner reparos, oponerse, objetar

idioms:

• except for    excepto, a excepción de, menos, salvo
• nobody excepted    sin excluir a nadie

Svenska (Swedish)
prep. - utom
conj. - utom att
v. - undanta, göra undantag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
除了...之外, 除非, 若不是, 除了, 但是, 要不是, 除, 反对, 除外, 表示异议

idioms:

• except for    除了...以外, 要不是由于
• nobody excepted    无人除外

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 除了...之外, 除非, 若不是
conj. - 除了, 但是, 要不是
v. tr. - 除, 反對, 除外
v. intr. - 反對, 表示異議

idioms:

• except for    除了...以外, 要不是由於
• nobody excepted    無人除外

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~을 제외하고는
conj. - ~하지 않는다면
v. tr. - 제외하다
v. intr. - 반대하다

idioms:

• except for    ~을 빼고는

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - 除いて
v. - 除く

idioms:

• except for    除いては, …がなければ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف جر) ما عدا (حرف عطف) ما لم (فعل) يستثني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮חוץ מ-, פרט ל-, למעט‬
conj. - ‮אלא ש-‬
v. tr. - ‮לא כלל, הוציא‬
v. intr. - ‮לא כלל, הוציא‬

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