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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cept•ing /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/USA pronunciation prep. - except:All were killed, excepting the captain.
See -cep-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cept•ing (ik sep′ting),USA pronunciation prep. - excluding;
barring;
saving;
with the exception of;
except:Excepting the last chapter, the book is finished.
conj. - [Archaic.]except;
unless;
save.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . See except 1.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: excepting /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/ prep - excluding; except; except for (esp in the phrase not excepting)
conj - an archaic word for unless
USAGE
The use of excepting is considered by many people to be acceptable only after not, only, or without. Elsewhere except is preferred: every country agreed to the proposal except (not excepting) Spain; he was well again except for (not excepting) a slight pain in his chest ex•cept1 /ɪkˈsɛpt/USA pronunciation prep. - with the exclusion of;
other than;
but: They were all there except me.
conj. - [~ (+ that)] only;
with the exception: These are parallel cases except (that) one is younger than the other. - [~ + adverb/phrase/clause] otherwise than;
but: Our defenses were well fortified except in that corner.
Idioms- Idioms except for, if it were not for: They would travel more except for lack of money.
ex•cept2 /ɪkˈsɛpt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to exclude;
leave out: The A students were excepted from taking the exam.
See -cep-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cept1 (ik sept′),USA pronunciation prep. - with the exclusion of;
excluding;
save;
but:They were all there except me. - Idioms except for, if it were not for:She would travel more except for lack of money.
conj. - only;
with the exception (usually fol. by that):parallel cases except that one is younger than the other. - otherwise than;
but (fol. by an adv., phrase, or clause):well fortified except here. - [Archaic.]unless.
- Latin exceptus (past participle of excipere to take out), equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + -ceptus (combining form of captus, past participle of capere to take)
- Middle English: origin, originally, past participle adjective, adjectival 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Except (more rarely excepting), but, save point out something excluded from a general statement. Except emphasizes the excluding:Take any number except 12.But merely states the exclusion:We ate all but one.Save is now mainly found in poetic use:nothing in sight save sky and sea.
ex•cept2 (ik sept′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to exclude;
leave out:present company excepted.
v.i. - to object (usually fol. by to or against):to except to a statement; to except against a witness.
- Latin exceptāre, derivative of exceptus (see except1)
- Middle French excepter
- Middle English excepten 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: except /ɪkˈsɛpt/ prep - Also: except for other than; apart from; with the exception of: he likes everyone except you, except for this mistake, you did very well
- except that ⇒ (conjunction) but for the fact that; were it not true that
conj - an archaic word for unless
- informal except that; but for the fact that: I would have arrived earlier, except I lost my way
vb - (transitive) to leave out; omit; exclude
- (intransitive) often followed by to: rare to take exception; object
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French excepter to leave out, from Latin exceptāre, from excipere to take out, from capere to take |