except

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Not including; apart from.

   There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.

2. 2
   conj

   Used to introduce the only thing that makes a statement not completely true.

   You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair.

3. 3
   verb

   To leave something or someone out; to not include.

   I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course.

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

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