'cept

American  

[sept] / sɛpt /

preposition

Informal.

1. a shortened form of except.

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Example Sentences

Though some found the lyrics incendiary when it was first released in the tumultuous year of 1968, “Street Fighting Man” sounds less like a call to revolution than a cheeky, somewhat self-deprecating show of support from the sidelines: “What can a poor boy do ’cept to sing for a rock ’n’ roll band?”

From New York Times

“Ah dunno, ’cept yuh never mentioned it befo’, ” Georgia replies.

From New York Times

In 1962, Mr. Doshi founded the architecture school at the Center‌‌ for Environmental Planning and Technology‌, now known as CEPT‌ University.

From New York Times

Macbeth: “Macduff, you’ve got Macnuffin! Take that army back to Fife! I got this throne by following that floating ghostly knife; The witches say I’ll keep it with a minimum of drama, There’s no one that can hurt me, ’cept a dude who’s got no mama.”

From Washington Post

“Developers were building without thinking,” says Rajan Rawal, a professor of architecture and city planning at Cept University in Ahmedabad.

From The Guardian