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  1. preposition With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.
  2. conjunction If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that: I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
  3. conjunction Otherwise than: They didn't open their mouths except to complain.
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  • The L sounds like it does in English except with a sharper tone and more forward in the mouth. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The packaging - of which nothing is written in English except for the Australian importers 'details - reminds me of a toothpaste tube and is perhaps aimed at children rather than grown ups. —  Chocablog
  • They might not have noticed, but all subjects in schools are taught in Malay except the for maths and science. —  Malaysiakini
  • "And then he went on and did the whole first half of the show in French -- except for maybe two songs in English," she said.
  • All seminars are in Chinese, except Mr. Levy's seminar which will be presented in English with interpretation. —  Harmony Central
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  1. Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere, to exclude : ex-, ex- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English excepten, from Old French excepter, French excepter = Provencal exceptor = Spanish exceptor (obsolete), exceptuar = Portuguese exceptuar = Italian eccettare, eccettuare, from Latin exceptare, take out, Middle Latin except, freq. of excipere, past participle exceptus, take out, except, make an exception of, take exception to, from ex, out, + capere, take: see capable. Cf. accept.
  2. from Middle English except (= Spanish Portuguese excepto = Italian eccetto), properly used absolutely as in Latin, from Latin exceptus, past participle, taken out, excepted, used absolutely in the ablative; e. g., in the first example except Christ would be in L. excepto Christo. As in other instances (e. g., during, notwithstanding), the participle came to be regarded as a preposition governing the following noun. Cf. excepting.
 

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/ɛkˈsɛpt/
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