Except

Definition: Except

Except

Verb

1. Take exception to.

2. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "except" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Except \Ex*cept"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Excepted; Excepting.]. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Except

Exclusion

Adverb: exclusive of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating.

Nonaddition Subtraction

Adverb: in deduction; Noun: less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count.

Rejection

Verb: reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline; (refuse); exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.

Unconformity

Adverb: unconformably; Adjective: except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone.

Crosswords: Except

Everything dead on earth, except us. A chance for Mother Nature to start again (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Everything's from our garden, except for the pasta (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Still using all the muscles except the one that matters (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

In this day in time, you don't have to prove nothing to nobody except yourself (Rudy; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo)

I don't think we've had a single conversation about anything except your father (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

Well, except for the names and a few other changes (I am ... I said; performing artist: Neil Diamond)

Hear nothin except gun blast it happened so fast I didnt really no this kid (Youth Of The Nation; performing artist: P.O.D.)

No black funeral cars, nothing except for him the raven (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith)

His arms didn't move except when the wind cut up (The Scarecrow; performing artist: Pink Floyd)

People on their way to work baby what did you except ("Burning Down the House"; performing artist: Talking Heads)

Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Alcohol preserves everything except dignity. (references; author: unknown)

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. (references; author: unknown)

A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. (references; author: unknown)

Every man reaps what he sows, except the amateur gardener. (references; author: unknown)

Every Day Except Christmas (1957)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh and Frozen Dead and Edible Poultry Offals except Liver in N. America & Caribbean (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Radio and TV Broadcasting Except Cable: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Oil-Cake and Other Residues except Dregs Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Radio and TV Broadcasting except Cable: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Fresh and Frozen Dead and Edible Poultry Offals except Liver (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Except by Nature (National Poetry Series) (reference)

• Except for One Little Problem: Memoir of a Life in Hiding (reference)

• Except the Dying (reference)

• Get Out: Outdoor Activities Kids Can Enjoy Anywhere Except Indoors (reference)

• I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• I Won't Tell A Soul Except the World [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Just Except it (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Auto/air Adapter for Gateway Solo 2100 Through 9500 Except 3300 (reference)

• Auto/air Adapter Gateway Solo 2100-9500 Except 3450 3300 3350 (reference)

• Tzcl4 3/4in Cleaning Cassette for All Tz Except 200 1100 1200 115 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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All except one genus of mosquitoes are equipped with a siphon, or air tube on the eighth abdominal segment. Credit: CDC.

Flat Creek at Keswick Reservoir near Redding, CA. The creek needs additional physical restoration except for copper from Stowell Mine the creek is chemically clean. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The Finney Creek restoration project placed over 750 logs into more than 80 log jams in upper Finney Creek. the logs helped to trap gravel size sediments behind the jams and create a more narrow and deeper creek. This resulted in lowering water temperatures to provide more favorable spawning conditions. Finney Creek once provided habitat for all salmon species except sockeye. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, adults (more than 5 years old) are unmistakable with dark brown plumage except for white head, neck and tails. The beak, eyes, legs, and feet are yellow. Wing span up to 2.5 meters, with females considerably larger than males. Immature eagles lack white plumage and yellow accents. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Remains of a home. A tornado destroyed everything except the innermost bathroom. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Graphic of constellation of GOES satellites needed to view all continents except Antarctica. Antarctica is viewed by polar-orbiting satellites. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Cattle crossing on a stream in northeast Iowa. The crossing keeps the cattle out of the stream except at the time of crossing. Credit: Tim McCabe.

At the Rio Grande, Robert Rodriguez (left) and Horico Garza, of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, search for livestock that may be carrying ticks. Cattle fever ticks have been eradicated from this country since 1943 except for a narrow strip along the border. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

At large osmotic pressure long DNA fragments create a hexagonally ordered macromolecular array. Except for the symmetry of the subphase this experiment is equivalent to the multilamellar lipid subphase. Credit: NICHD.

Colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives, New York, 1863. Ships depicted are (from the front to the rear, all USS except as noted)): Benton (Flagship); Lafayette with General Price alongside; Louisville; Mound City; Pittsburg; Carondelet; transports Silver Wave, Forest Queen & Henry Clay; and Tuscumbia. Text under the print's title is quoted in Photo # NH 76557-KN (Complete Caption). Credit: NAVY.

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Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense. (reference)

The same is to be observed in all birds, (except some domestic ones, where plenty of food excuses the cock from feeding, and taking care of the young brood) whose young needing food in the nest, the cock and hen continue mates, till the young are able to use their wing, and provide for themselves. (Second Treatise of Government)

On the 17th of September, 1787, the Constitution as engrossed and agreed upon was signed by all the members present, except Mr. (reference)

Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference)

But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. (reference)

It creates capital, i.e., that kind of property which exploits wage-labour, and which cannot increase except upon condition of begetting a new supply of wage-labour for fresh exploitation. (reference)

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. (Abraham Lincoln)

The same applies to all arsenals except those used as depots for the authorised stocks of munitions. (reference)

Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life. (reference)

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And I see very few pearls in the room except mine

Nothing can be heavy, you know, except by trying to fall, and being prevented from doing so.

Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door, except that it was very large

The Census report, like most such surveys, had cost an awful lot of money and didn't tell anybody anything they didn't already know - except that every single person in the Galaxy had 2.4 legs and owned a hyena

I have heard him smack his lips over dinners, every guest at which, except himself, had long been food for worms

It is good for nothing except to produce people with scraggy bodies and empty heads

You never read a line of anything in your life except a trans or Boland either

Nothing was left in it except trash

I heard a confused noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky.

Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, nor is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent

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Health

The skunk lives every state in the United States except Alaska and Hawaii. (references)

Seizures are not triggered by sexual activity except in very rare instances. (references)

Dietary fiber, except for wheat bran, has little effect on calcium absorption. (references)

Business

That is the same throughout Europe, except in France. (references)

ST offers direct automated calls to all countries except Afghanistan. (references)

An over-the-board tax of 4 percent applies to all imports except cigarettes. (references)

Children

Djibouti

Child abuse exists; however, except for FGM, it is not thought to be common. (references)

Netherlands

Vocational education is also free, except for the cost of books and materials. (references)

Gabon

Education is free except for miscellaneous expenses such as books and other school supplies. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

The Communist Party controls all media except for a few small church-run publications. (references)

Somalia

Local tradition and past law make it a crime to proselytize for any religion except Islam. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Schools in Sarajevo canton, except for non-Bosniak schools, offer only Islamic religion classes. (references)

Economic History

Israel

Climate: Temperate, except in desert areas. (references)

Egypt

Terrain: Desert, except Nile valley and delta. (references)

Guatemala

Portillo won all of the rural departments except Peten. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

The committee has no authority except to issue reports. (references)

Estonia

Overcrowding was reported in every major prison except one. (references)

Guyana

Bail is generally available, except in capital offense cases. (references)

Minorities

Iraq

Non-Arabs are not permitted to sell their homes except to Arabs, nor to register or inherit property. (references)

Japan

In 1999 the Hakodate municipal government began to allow foreign residents to take employment tests for all city jobs except firefighters. (references)

Togo

Discrimination extends into the public sector, where the centralization of the State allows little scope for regional or ethnic autonomy, except through the circumscribed authority of traditional rulers and the use of dispute resolution systems. (references)

Political Economy

DENMARK

Except for 1998, Denmark has had a balance of payments surplus since 1990. (references)

NETHERLANDS

All union members, except most civil servants, have the legal right to strike. (references)

SWITZERLAND

Ratification has been concluded in every country except France, Ireland, and Belgium. (references)

Political Rights

India

State governments are elected at regular intervals except in states under President's Rule. (references)

Algeria

A woman heads a workers' party, and all the major political parties except one had women's divisions headed by women. (references)

Mongolia

Cultural shows and other entertainment are prohibited during the election campaign period except at its start and end. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

All seaports are state-owned, except Sevastopol. (references)

Oman

No new foreign bank may open, except by purchase of a local bank. (references)

Uzbekistan

ExIm's exposure in Uzbekistan is higher than in any other NIS country except Russia. (references)

Travel

Jamaica

Mark up on most items except food is generally high. (references)

Costa Rica

All overland cargo, except bananas from the Pacific ports, is transported via truck. (references)

Greece

Most roads are two-lane, except the parts of the National Road which have four lanes. (references)

Women

Sierra Leone

The police are unlikely to intervene in domestic disputes except in cases involving severe injury or death. (references)

Algeria

Divorce is difficult for a wife to obtain except in cases of abandonment or the husband's conviction for a serious crime. (references)

Sri Lanka

The minimum age of marriage for women is 18 years, except in the case of Muslims, who continue to follow their customary marriage practices. (references)

Worker Rights

Papua New Guinea

This type of employment is rare, except in subsistence agriculture. (references)

Japan

Involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, is prohibited. (references)

Liechtenstein

Workers have the right to strike except in certain essential services. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "except": except a witness ♦ except for ♦ except from ♦ except if ♦ except that ♦ except when otherwise provided in ♦ maximum except takeoff power ♦ no admit except on business ♦ nothing except ♦ save and except ♦ they all left except me. Additional references.

Ending with "except": Bursa-except, it-except.

Afrikaans

behalwe (apart from, besides, but, except for, other, other than). (various references)

Albanian

veç (apart, barring, besides, beyond, but, else, in addition, in addition to, moreover, over and above, save, saving, separately, unless), përveç (as well as, aside from, besides, beyond, but, excepting, over and over, saving), përjashtoj (bar, cast out, count out, dispense, disqualify, drop, eliminate, exclude, excommunicate, expel, forbid, foreclose, oust, reject, rule out, score out, send down, weed out), me përjashtim të (but for, except for, excepting, excluding, save), lë jashtë (elide, exclude, leave out, miss out, omit, pretermit, shut out). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ما عدا (bar, but, excepting, excluding, exclusively, save), ‏لو لا (but for, except for, save), ‏إلا (but, save, unless), ‏إستثنى (exclude), ‏إعترض (bar, blockade, challenge, cross, demur, expostulate, impugn, intercept, interpose, interrupt, intervene, object, object to, obstruct, oppose, protest, remonstrate, stop, take exception to, traverse), ‏بإستثناء (barring, bating, besides, except for, excepting, exclusive, save, unless). (various references)

Bulgarian 

с изключение на (barring, but, excepting, excluding, outside, save, with reservation of), възразявам (but, expostulate, object, quarrel, remonstrate, reply, take up, talk back), освен ако (save, unless), освен (all but, apart from, aside from, bating, beside, beyond, but, excepting, exclusive of, in addition to, other, over and above, saving, than, therewithal), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), ако не (failing, unless), правя отвод, изключвам (disconnect, disengage, eliminate, exclude, expel, foreclose, intercept, leave out, open, preclude, remove, rule out, shut off, throw out, trip, ungear). (various references)

Catalan

excepte (apart from, but, other than). (various references)

Chinese 

除了 (apart from, besides, in addition to). (various references)

Czech

vylouèit (debar, disqualify, eliminate, exclude, expel, foreclose, negate, pip, preclude, remove, rule out, shut, shut off, throw out), vyjmout (subduct, take out, withdraw), mimo (besides, beyond, extra, out of, outside, past, wide, without), kromì (apart from, aside, barring, besides, beyond, but, excepting, within). (various references)

Danish

undergruppen omfatter sigtfordringer samt kortfristede fordringer og de dertil svarende passiver mellem hjemmehoerende og ikke-hjemmehoerende bortset fra de officielle reserver og de dertil svarende passiver.Den omfatter bl.a.de ikke-konsoliderede clearin (clearing balances which have not been consolidated, in particular, the sub-grouping covers sight and short term assets and liabilities between residents and non-residents except the official reserves and corresponding liabilities;it includes), undergruppen omfatter det finansielle guld,som hjemmehoerende enheder ligger inde med,med undtagelse af monetaert guld (except monetary gold, the sub-grouping covers financial gold held by all resident units), maksimumydelse bortset fra start (maximum except takeoff power, METO), lateral fingering minder om dannelse af indstroemningskegle,bortset fra at vandniveauet er forskudt fra borehullet baade i vandret og lodret plan (except that the water level is both horizontally and vertically displaced from the well, lateral fingering is similar to coning), de ansattes transportudgifter mellem bopæl og arbejdssted,undtagen når de producerende enheder selv organiserer denne transport (except where the producer units themselves organise the transport, the travelling expenses of employees in commuting between home and work), de aktuarmæssige reserver til dækning af løbende risici hos forsikringsselskaberne kan være:-nettoreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af nettopræmierne;-statusreserver:dvs.udregnet på basis af præmier plus alle forsikringsselskabernes administrative om (calculated on the basis of premiums including the administrative costs borne by the insurers except for the costs of acquiring contracts;-complete:that is, calculated on the basis of pure premiums;-inventory;that is, established on the basis of premiums including all administrative costs borne by the insurer, the actuarial reserves against outstanding risks held by insurers may be:-pure;that is). (various references)

Dutch

uitzonderen (exclude). (various references)

Esperanto

escepti (exclude), escepte (apart from, but, other than), krom (apart from, besides, except for). (various references)

Faeroese

umframt (apart from, besides, except for). (various references)

Farsi 

مگر (But, Unless), مشمول نکردن , غیراز (Than), سوای (Forby), اعتراض کردن (Object, Obtest, Protest, Squawk), بجز (Bar, Than), باستثنای (But). (various references)

Finnish

paitsi (apart from, besides, but, except for, excepting, save). (various references)

French

sauf (except for, excepting, excluding), hormis (except for), exempter (exclude, excuse, exempt), excepter (exclude), excepté (excepting). (various references)

Frisian

behalven (apart from, besides, except for), bûten (abroad, apart from, but, other than, out, outside, outside of). (various references)

German

ausgenommen (apart from, barring, besides, but, except for, excepted, excepting, excluded, gilled, other than, save), außer (apart from, aside from, beside, besides, beyond, down, except (for), except for, other, out of, outside, outside of, save, short of, without), ausschließen (bar, blackball, debar, deprive, disqualify, draw out, drive out, eliminate, exclude, expel, express, forbid, foreclose, give utterance to, leave out, lock out, preclude, precluding, pull out, rule out, space out, suspend, to exclude, to foreclose, to space out, utter), ausnehmen (clean, clean out, dress, eviscerate, exclude, exempt, fleece, pull, raid, remove, shake down, take out). (various references)

Greek 

πλην (but, minus), εκτόσ (beside, besides, but, excepting, out, outside, save, unless), εκτός από (apart from, besides). (various references)

Hebrew 

מבלעדי (save), להוציא מכלל (debar), לא לכלול (leave out), פרט ל- (except for, excepting, save, with the exception of), אלא ש- (only), אלא אם כן (unless), אלא (but, however, moreover, nay, only, save), זולת (apart, besides), חוץ מן- (apart from, besides, but, except for, excepting, excluding, without), חוץ מ-, כי אם (but), בלתי (not, without), בלעדי (apart from, exclusive, selected, sole, without), בר (open field, outside of, prairie, wild, without), רק (but, just, merely, only). (various references)

Hungarian

kivéve (bar, barring, bated, but, except for, except that, excepting, excluding, save, wanting). (various references)

Indonesian

terkecuali (baring), selain (besides, but, save), kecuali. (various references)

Irish

ach (apart from, but, other than). (various references)

Italian

eccetto (apart from, bar, barring, bating, but, except for, excepted, other, other than, save, saving, subject, subject to, without, without prejudice), salvo (apart from, bar, barring, but, except for, other, other than, safe, save, saving, subject, subject to, unharmed, unhurt, without, without prejudice), ad eccezione di. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

除いて (save), 措いて (no other), ならず者 (but, but for, even so, hooligan, if, in case, it's not a big deal, it's not a problem, or something like that .., ruffian, scamp, something or other, things like ..., what's that?, without). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おいて (at, fair or favorable wind, in, no other, on, pursuer, tailwind), ならでは (but, but for, without), のぞいて (save). (various references)

Korean 

를 제외하고 (save). (various references)

Manx

ny s'looid (if not, unless), magh voish (excluding). (various references)

Norwegian

uten, untatt, unnta. (various references)

Papiamen

eksepshonalmente (apart from, but, other than), ademas di (along with, apart from, besides, except for, together with). (various references)

Pig Latin

exceptay.(various references)

Polish

oprócz (apart from, besides, except for). (various references)

Portuguese

exceto (barring, bating, besides, but, excepting, other than, save, saving, wanting). (various references)

Romanian

excepta (exclude), respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), mai puţin (less, lesser), lãsa la o parte (omit, shunt), cu excepţia (barring, bating, but, excepting, save, save that, saving, short of, with the exception of), afarã de (extra). (various references)

Russian 

кроме за исключением того, возражать (answer, controvert, demur, deprecate, mind, object, objected, objecting, oppugn, reclaim, retort, stickle, take exception to, take objection, talk back, traverse), за исключением (all but, apart from, aside from, barring, bating, except for, except in, excepting, save, save for, to the exclusion of, with but, with the exception of, with the exclusion of), исключать (bar, be exclusive of, delete, eliminate, exclude, expel, foreclose, gate out, oust, rule out, truncate), исключая (barring, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, save and except, saving). (various references)

Scottish

mur (unless), ach (but, interjection of objection and impatience). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sem ako, sem što, sem (apart from, barring, beside, excepting, save, unless), osim (aside from, barring, bating, beside, but, else, except for, excepting, save), izuzev (save), izuzeti (take exception to), isključiti (deal out, debar, declutch, disconnect, exclude, preclude, proscribe, rule out, shut out, turn off, unplug). (various references)

Spanish

menos (apart from, besides, but, fewer, least, less, minus, other than, smaller), excepto (apart from, bar, barring, but, except for, excepted, other than, save, saving, short of), además de (apart from, as well as, aside from, beside, besides, beyond, except for, in addition to, out of, over and above, plus), exceptuar (exclude, exempt), amén de (apart from, besides, except for). (various references)

Sranan

boyti (apart from, but, other than). (various references)

Swedish

utom (apart from, bar, besides, beyond, but, excepting, excluding, other than, out of, outside, past, save, saving). (various references)

Thai

นอกจากว่า (คำโบราณ), นอกจาก, ยกเว้น (but, exempt). (various references)

Turkish

yoksa (else, nisi, or, or else, otherwise), olmazsa (barring, failing, failing this, nisi, unless), karşı çıkmak (antagonize, argue against smth., be faced with, contravene, deprecate, disaffirm, face, go against, go counter to, interpose, mind, object, object to, oppose, protest, protest against, resist, run counter to, set against, traverse), itiraz etmek (argue, argue against smth., blow the whistle on, buck, challenge, contest, contravene, demur, deprecate, dispute, expostulate, gainsay, interpose, make an objection to, object, object to, oppose, protest, protest against, raise an objection to, remonstrate, take exception to, take objection to), haricinde (all but, beyond, except that, off, out of, outside of, save, saving, short, short of), hariç tutmak (dispense, exclude), dışında tutmak (exclude, leave out), dışında (apart from, aside from, barring, beside, besides, but the, except that, excepting, not including, off, on the outside of, out of, outside of, save, saving, short, short of, without), başka (another, apart from, barring, beside, but, different, distinct, else, excepting, forth, hetero-, other, other than, otherwise, save, saving), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references)

Ukrainian

якщо не (if not, nisi, save, saving, unless), крім як (excepting), крім (bar, barring, beside, besides, beyond, but, else, excepting, outside, outwith, save, saving, than, without), виключати (arrest, bar, count out, cut away, cut off, declutch, dismember, eliminate, exclude, expel, foreclose, open, oust, rule out, send down, shut out), за винятком (aside from, bar, barring, but, excepting, omitting, outside, save, short of), протестувати (cry shame, demur, deprecate, expostulate, object, obtest, protest, remonstrate). (various references)

Welsh

heblaw (apart from, beside, besides, but, other than). (various references)

tukumbi . . . nu. (various references)

nisi. (various references)

... anyô, parô, us-. (various references)

butan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "except": excepted, excepting, exception, exceptionabilities, exceptionability, exceptionable, exceptionably, exceptional, exceptionalism, exceptionalisms, exceptionalities, exceptionality, exceptionally, exceptionalness, exceptionalnesses, exceptions, exceptive, excepts. (additional references)

Words containing "except": unexceptionable, unexceptionableness, unexceptionablenesses, unexceptionably, unexceptional. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Except" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eccept, eggcept, escept, etcet, excape, exccept, Exceat, excelt, excempt, exceprt, excepte, excert, excit, excpect, excrept, execpt, exept, exsheath, exspecto, extep, Eycott. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: expect.

-2 letters: cepe, cete, exec.

-3 letters: cee, cep, pec, pee, pet, tee.

-4 letters: et, ex, pe.

+1 letter: excepts, excerpt, expects.

+2 letters: excepted, excerpts, expected.

+3 letters: excepting, exception, exceptive, excerpted, excerpter, excerptor, excipient, exculpate, expectant, expecting, explicate.

+4 letters: ciphertext, complexest, epexegetic, exceptions, excerpters, excerpting, excerption, excerptors, excipients, exculpated, exculpates, expectable, expectably, expectance, expectancy, expectants, expectedly, explicated, explicates, unexpected.

+5 letters: cataplexies, ciphertexts, exceptional, excerptions, expectances, expectantly, expectation, expectative, expectorant, expectorate, explicative.