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ex·cept Audio Help   (ĭk-sěpt') Pronunciation Key
prep.   With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.

conj.

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

v.   ex·cept·ed, ex·cept·ing, ex·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.

[Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere, to exclude : ex-, ex- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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.

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exˈcepted adjective

Example: all European countries, Denmark excepted (= except Denmark)

Arabic:	ما عَدا، باسْتِثْناء
Chinese (Simplified):	除外
Chinese (Traditional):	除外
Czech:	s výjimkou
Danish:	undtaget
Dutch:	uitgezonderd
Estonian:	välja arvatud
Finnish:	lukuun ottamatta
French:	sauf
German:	ausgenommen
Greek:	εξαιρουμένου
Hungarian:	kivételével
Icelandic:	að undanskildum
Indonesian:	terkecuali
Italian:	escluso

Japanese:	～を除いて
Korean:	제외하고
Latvian:	izņemot
Lithuanian:	išskyrus
Norwegian:	unntatt, bortsett fra
Polish:	wyjąwszy
Portuguese (Brazil):	exceto
Portuguese (Portugal):	excepto
Romanian:	cu excepţia
Russian:	кроме
Slovak:	s výnimkou
Slovenian:	razen
Spanish:	excepto, salvo
Swedish:	utom, med undantag av
Turkish:	…-den başka

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