except
preposition, conjunction /ɪkˈsept/Definition
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A2 not including; but not: The museum is open daily except Monday(s). The government has few options except to keep interest rates high. It's cool and quiet everywhere except in the kitchen. Everyone was there except for Sally. There is nothing to indicate the building's past, except (for) the fireplace.Excluding
(Definition of except prepositionconjunction from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alienate verb (MAKE UNWELCOME)
- apart adverb (EXCEPT)
- bar preposition
- barring preposition
- clannish 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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