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View synonyms for excepted

excepted

[ ik-sep-tid ]

adjective

  1. excluded from or left out of a particular category:

    Any foundation of this kind is an excepted charity—unlike the others, it doesn't have to register with the government.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of except 2.
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Other Words From

  • non·ex·cept·ed adjective
  • un·ex·cept·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of excepted1

First recorded in 1560–70, for an earlier sense; except 2( def ) + -ed 2( def ) for the adjective; except 2( def ) + -ed 1( def ) for the verb
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. present company excepted, (a qualifying remark to indicate that a negative comment or description does not apply to those being spoken to):

    The human race as a whole does not display too many signs of intelligence—present company excepted, of course.

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Example Sentences

He then added, unhelpfully, “All English writers are the same; Walter Scott excepted, all lack a plot.”

The Republicans are going to oppose it to a person (well, Mark Kirk excepted, maybe).

No one in America starves to death, or freezes to death (freak accidents excepted).

The plan has flown almost totally under the radar—the odd Paul Krugman column and Economist blog post excepted.

Today he is claimed like no other 20th-century writer—Orwell not excepted—by both sides of the political spectrum.

In the depths of his heart, so hidden from the world, there seemed to be hope for the whole living creation, himself excepted.

Press opinions upon my symphony—Laroche not excepted—are rather cold.

This animal is the largest of all the apes or baboons, the orang-outang excepted.

This sweeping assertion was received with liberal applause by all of his hearers, the impatient customers not excepted.

Very few birds probably ascend to a height of two thousand feet in the air, the vulture tribe excepted.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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