# except

Pronunciation: say "ik-SEPT" /ɪkˈsɛpt/

## Preposition

1. Used to introduce a noun that is left out of a statement just made, marking it as an exception.
   - Simple: Used to introduce people or things that a statement does not apply to.
   - _She likes all vegetables except broccoli._
   - _Nobody on the team except the coach knew about the trade._

## Conjunction

2. Used to introduce a clause or phrase that is an exception to what was just said, or a fact that stops it from being completely true.
   - Simple: Used before a fact that makes what you just said not completely true.
   - _The plan was perfect, except that no one had checked the weather._
   - _He never travels, except to visit his sister each summer._

## Verb

4. To exclude something or someone; to specify a thing as not being covered by a statement or rule.
   - Simple: To leave someone or something out of a rule or group.
   - _The treaty excepts certain border regions from the disarmament terms._
   - _Lawmakers chose to except small businesses from the new tax._
5. To raise an objection to or against something or someone.
   - Simple: To object to something, or to argue against it.
   - _Counsel excepted to the admission of the evidence._
   - _A party that wishes to except to the referee's report must file its objections in writing within the time the court allows._

## Conjunction

3. Used to mean "unless"; introduces a hypothetical condition under which an exception might hold. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Used in older English to mean "unless," introducing a possible exception to what is stated.

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French 'excepter', which comes from Latin 'exceptus'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/except (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).