Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈsɛpt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation

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• Homophone: acceptCategory:Terms with homophones (in some dialects)

Preposition

1. You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true.
   • Synonym: excluding
   • Antonym: including

   Except mercury, most metals are solids.

   Well, isn't there anything you can do except play cards?

Verb

1. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs to exclude

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