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ex·cept·ing

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–preposition

1.	excluding; barring; saving; with the exception of; except: Excepting the last chapter, the book is finished.

–conjunction

2.	Archaic. except; unless; save.

[Origin: 1540–50; except² + -ing²

]

—Synonyms 1. See except¹.

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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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ex·cept·ing Audio Help   (ĭk-sěp'tĭng) Pronunciation Key
prep.   With the exception of.

conj.   Except.

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exˈcepting preposition

leaving out or excluding
Example: Those cars are all reliable, excepting the old red one.

Arabic:	باسْتِثْناء، مُسْتَثْنى منه
Chinese (Simplified):	除…之外
Chinese (Traditional):	除…之外
Czech:	kromě
Danish:	med undtagelse af; på nær
Dutch:	behalve
Estonian:	välja arvatud
Finnish:	lukuun ottamatta
French:	sauf
German:	ausgenommen
Greek:	με εξαίρεση
Hungarian:	kivéve
Icelandic:	að frátöldum, *undanskildum
Indonesian:	kecuali
Italian:	eccetto, tranne

Japanese:	～を除いて
Korean:	…을 제외하고
Latvian:	izņemot
Lithuanian:	išskyrus
Norwegian:	bortsett fra, bare ikke
Polish:	wyłączając
Portuguese (Brazil):	salvo
Portuguese (Portugal):	exceptuando, *menos
Romanian:	cu excepţia
Russian:	за исключением
Slovak:	okrem
Slovenian:	razen
Spanish:	excepto, salvo
Swedish:	utom
Turkish:	…-den başka

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