bar
preposition /bɑːr/
/bɑːr/ formalDefinition
› except: Everyone is leaving the village, bar the very old and ill. They're the best songwriters of this century, bar none (= no one else is better).Excluding
(Definition of bar preposition from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alienate verb (MAKE UNWELCOME)
- apart adverb (EXCEPT)
- barring preposition
- clannish adjective
- cliquey adjective
- discount verb (NOT CONSIDER)
- excl.
- exclude verb
- excluding preposition
- exclusion noun
- exclusive adjective (NOT INCLUDING)
- exclusive adjective (ONLY FOR SOME)
- exclusively adverb
- hold verb (NOT INCLUDE)
- omit verb
- on/from the sidelines idiom
- ostracize verb
- otherwise adverb (NOT INCLUDING)
- out of it idiom
- outside adverb, preposition
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