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[ɛkˈsɛpt], (Adposition)
Definitions:
- not including; other than
(e.g: they work every day except Sunday)
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late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’
[ɛkˈsɛpt], (Conjunction)
Definitions:
- used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made
(e.g: I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’
[ɛkˈsɛpt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- specify as excluded from a category or group
(e.g: five classes of advertisement are excepted from control)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’
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