except A2 Topic:Grammar & Function Words Also spelled cept and xcepting US /ɪkˈsɛpt/ UK /ɪkˈsɛpt/ See IPA manual Freq #799 Meanings 1 prep Not including; apart from. There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans. 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 verb To leave something or someone out; to not include. I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 prep · not including; apart from. apart fromaside frombutexcludingexcept for 3 verb · to leave something or... excludetake out ↔ Opposites even Word family Forms exceptedexceptingexcepts Related forms exceptionexcipient Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus. *kap- Proto-Indo-European excepter Middle French exceptus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # except **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** prep, conj, verb **IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsɛpt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈsɛpt/ **Frequency rank:** 799 ## Meanings 1. Not including; apart from. 2. Used to introduce the only thing that makes a statement not completely true. 3. To leave something or someone out; to not include. ## Examples - There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans. - You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair. - I find most people annoying — present company excepted, of course. ## Antonyms - even ## Related Forms - exception - excipient ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kap- - Root: excepter - Root: exceptus ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus. ## AI Etymology Except is borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus. In current use, the main senses are “Not including; apart from” and “Used to introduce the only thing that makes a statement not completely true”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *kap-. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown