except
pronunciation
How to pronounce except in British English:
UK [ɪkˈsept]
How to pronounce except in American English:
US [ɪkˈsept]
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- Verb:
- take exception to
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
Word Origin
- except
- except: [14] If you except something, you literally ‘take it out’. The verb comes from exceptus, the past participle of Latin excipere, a compound formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and capere ‘take’ (source of English capture). The use of the word as a preposition, and subsequently as a conjunction, arose from the adjectival use of the Latin past participle exceptus for ‘excepted, excluded’ (as in modern English ‘present company excepted’).=> captive, capture, chase, heave
- except (v.)
- late 14c., "to receive," from Middle French excepter (12c.), from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere "to take out, withdraw; make an exception, reserve," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Meaning "to leave out" is from 1510s. Related: Excepted; excepting. Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Man cannot survive except through his mind .
- 2. Category includes all farm managers except horticultural .
- 3. You have nothing to lose , except some weight .
- 4. Light pollution exists on every continent except antarctica .
- 5. Except they don 't work everywhere .