Definition of ’cept in US English:
’cept
preposition, conjunction, & verbsep(t)sep(t)
informal everyone else had visitors—’cept for Captain
nonstandard contraction of except used in representing speech
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no one here 'cept us chickens.
- I think the main Support/Guidance & Quick Help forum would have been the place for this rather than the vector forum...after all who comes in here 'cept us.
- But there's still a war to fight, both literally and figuratively, and ain't no one else fightin' it 'cept us.
Definition of ’cept in US English:
’cept
preposition, conjunction, & verbsep(t)
informal everyone else had visitors—’cept for Captain
nonstandard contraction of except used in representing speech
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no one here 'cept us chickens.
- I think the main Support/Guidance & Quick Help forum would have been the place for this rather than the vector forum...after all who comes in here 'cept us.
- But there's still a war to fight, both literally and figuratively, and ain't no one else fightin' it 'cept us.