except
1preposition
conjunction
Origin of except
1Synonym study
except
2verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of except
2Usage note
Related Words for except
save, exclude, barring, saving, lacking, omitting, bar, excluding, excepting, bate, object, exempt, omit, expostulate, disallow, protest, suspend, eliminate, reject, banExamples from the Web for except
Contemporary Examples of except
Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.
Conservative Curt Says His Politics, Not His Pitching, Kept Him Out of the Hall of FameBen Jacobs
January 9, 2015
I always wanted to have a career like his—except for the stopping work thing.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s GreatnessMarlow Stern
January 7, 2015
Except, Nomadness currently has 3,000 pending membership requests.
Except for maybe his brainiac wife… but she could do better anyway.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-LevittMelissa Leon
January 3, 2015
There is no such thing as a gay lifestyle, except in right-wing propaganda to oppose LGBT equality.
Historical Examples of except
I have no evidence, except your word, that any such letter has been received.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
There was none to speak of left now except in Africa; and they were pessimistic about Africa.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Except for a very few words we do not know what sort of tongue it was.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
She says very little in the way of thanks, except to the Giver of all good.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
You know I do not care about money, except just to buy my clothes and things.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson