Meaning & Definition of Except in English
English⟶
Except
/ɪksɛpt/
verb
1. Take exception to
- "He demurred at my suggestion to work on saturday"
synonym:
- demur,
- except
2. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- "The bad results were excluded from the report"
- "Leave off the top piece"
synonym:
- exclude,
- except,
- leave out,
- leave off,
- omit,
- take out
Examples of using
Everyone except Tom was wearing a tie.
That doesn't exist except in your imagination.
Of course I will go to France sometime, except that I don't know when.