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BNC: 2154 COCA: 1836

except

1 except /ɪkˈsɛpt/ preposition
also excepting /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/
1 except
/ɪkˈsɛpt/
preposition
also excepting /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/
Learner's definition of EXCEPT
: not including (someone or something) : other than (something or someone)不包括;除…外

except for

: not including (someone or something) : other than (someone or something)不包括;除…外
: if not for (someone or something)要不是
2 except /ɪkˈsɛpt/ conjunction
2 except
/ɪkˈsɛpt/
conjunction
Learner's definition of EXCEPT
used to introduce a statement that indicates the only person or thing that is not included in or referred to by a previous statement除了;只是
used to introduce a statement that explains the reason why something is not possible, will not happen, etc.要不是
3 except /ɪkˈsɛpt/ verb
excepts; excepted; excepting
3 except
/ɪkˈsɛpt/
verb
excepts; excepted; excepting
Learner's definition of EXCEPT
[+ object] formal
: to leave out (someone or something) : to not include (someone or something)不计;把…除外
BNC: 2154 COCA: 1836

except

1 of 3

preposition

ex·​cept ik-ˈsept How to pronounce except (audio)
variants or less commonly excepting
: with the exclusion or exception of
daily except Sundays

except

2 of 3

verb

excepted; excepting; excepts

transitive verb

: to take or leave out from a number or a whole : exclude
exceptive adjective

except

3 of 3

conjunction

variants or less commonly excepting
1
: on any other condition than that : unless
except you repent
2
: with this exception, namely
was inaccessible except by boat
3
: only
often followed by that
I would go except that it's too far

Example Sentences

Preposition The stores will be open daily except Sundays. the store is open daily except Sundays Verb Children were excepted from the study. I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living. Conjunction I'd go, except it's too far.
Recent Examples on the Web
Preposition
At Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort, face masks are required in public areas, except when dining or swimming, capacity of public areas will be limited, and housekeeping and public area attendants will increase their cleaning procedures. Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2020 The city advised all residents to stay inside except those going to and from work and anyone seeking or giving emergency care, according to Mayor Eric Garcetti's official Twitter account. NBC News, 1 June 2020 Since then, every president except Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush has created national monuments. National Geographic, 29 May 2020 Most of these pools,except McKie, are wheelchair accessible, according to the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's website. Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 May 2020 No one is allowed inside her home except those helping her, White's representative told Today. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 25 May 2020 Under Supreme Court precedents related to the principles of separation of power, Congress – one branch of government – cannot remove an official in the executive branch – another branch of government – except by impeachment. Stanley M. Brand, The Conversation, 22 May 2020 The whole story sounds as apocryphal as most of the other origin stories connected to Warhol—except that one biographer claims to have seen the actual check Warhol wrote to Latow. Blake Gopnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020 The government in Madrid has imposed some of the most restrictive lockdown measures in Europe, shuttering most businesses and forcing people to stay in their homes except to buy groceries and seek healthcare. Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
Verb
Community transmissions in the country have mostly been brought to a halt, and most businesses — excepting cinemas, theme parks and live entertainment venues — have reopened their doors. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2020 But this will be the first time viewers will be able to stream live programming from PBS through a digital service, excepting some anomalies over the years like the now-defunct Aero service and the like. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 July 2019 Diplomats, however, had been excepted and some have been trying to bend the rules to bring in their families. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020 On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that gatherings be limited to 50 people or less for the next eight weeks, with the day-to-day operation of schools and businesses excepted. Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2020 The measure is excepted to reduce the state’s 96,000 prison population by 4,800 for a potential savings of $50 million. John Haughey, Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2020 Trump’s ban on admission of travelers from Europe (excepting Ireland and the United Kingdom) took European governments by surprise. Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2020 As the planet cooled in subsequent millennia, these canids expanded their range, evolving into foxes and eventually reaching every continent excepting Antarctica. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020 The rules for formal languages may grow more and more complex, but all robust general programming languages (excepting regex, HTML, and a few other specific things) are reducible to a Turing-complete grammar like this. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from ex- + capere to take — more at heave entry 1

First Known Use

Preposition

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Conjunction

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of except was in the 14th century
BNC: 2154 COCA: 1836

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