except

ex-cept · preposition

imported

Definitions

preposition

  1. 1.

    Not including; other than.

  2. 2.

    Used before a statement that forms an exception.

  3. 3.

    To exclude from a category or group.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    except for — With the exclusion of.
  • •
    except that — Were it not for the fact that.
  • •
    no one except — Only; exclusively.

Related words

Antonyms: including
See also: apart from, besides, but, excluding
Synonyms: apart from, but, excluding, other than

Etymology

From Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere ("to take out, exclude"), from ex- ("out") + capere ("to take").