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Meaning of 'except'
Meaning of 'except' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Except 
[ conj.]
- Unless; if it be not so that. [ conj.]2. Except [ prep.]
- With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. [ prep.]3. Except [ v. i.]
- To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to,
sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony. [ v. i.]4. Except [ v. t.]
- To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole
as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. [ v. t.]- To object to; to protest against.
Meaning of 'except' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. except [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- take exception to
- take exception to
Example in sentence:
- he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday
Meaning (2):
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
Example in sentence:
- Leave off the top piece;
- The bad results were excluded from the report
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