Definition of Except

1. Verb. Take exception to. "He demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

Exact synonyms: Demur
Generic synonyms: Object
Derivative terms: Demur, Demurrer, Demurrer, Exception

2. Verb. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. "Leave off the top piece"
Exact synonyms: Exclude, Leave Off, Leave Out, Omit, Take Out
Generic synonyms: Do Away With, Eliminate, Extinguish, Get Rid Of
Specialized synonyms: Elide
Derivative terms: Exception, Exclusion, Exclusive, Omissible, Omission
Antonyms: Include

Definition of Except

1. v. t. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

2. v. i. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.

3. prep. With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.

4. conj. Unless; if it be not so that.

Definition of Except

1. Verb. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To take exception, to object ('''to''' or '''against'''). ¹

3. Preposition. With the exception of; but. ¹

4. Conjunction. With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. ¹

5. Conjunction. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Except

1. to leave out [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Except

1. 1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. "Who never touched The excepted tree." (Milton) "Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred." (Bp. Stillingfleet) 2. To object to; to protest against. Origin: L. Exceptus, p. P. Of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. Excepter. See Capable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Except

excellento
excellest
excelleth
excelling
excels
excelsior
excelsior matting
excelsiors
excementosis
excentral
excentric
excentric amputation
excentrical
excentricities
excentricity
except (current term)
exceptant
excepted
excepting
exceptio beneficium ordinis seu excussionis
exceptio metus
exceptio non numeratae pecuniae
exceptio quod metus causa
exception
exception that proves the rule
exceptionable
exceptionableness
exceptionably
exceptional
exceptional(a)

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