except
Pronunciation:
/ɪkˈsɛpt//ɛkˈsɛpt/verb
Definitions
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
To take exception, to object (to or against).
Example: to except to a witness or his testimony
preposition
Definitions
With the exception of; but.
Example: There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
Synonyms:apart fromexcept forouttakewith the exception of
conjunction
Definitions
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
Example: I never made fun of her except teasingly.
Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.