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except

/ɪkˈsɛpt/verb2 syllables

Except means: prevent from being included or considered or accepted.

Synonyms for except15

verb, as in prevent from being included or considered or accepted

exclude, leave out, leave off, omit, take out

verb, as in object to

demur

also used for except

apart from, except for, outtake, with the exception of, apart, aside, aside from, bar, barring

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What does except mean?2

verb

1

prevent from being included or considered or accepted“The bad results were excluded from the report”

2

object to“he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with except?12

one syllable

keptseptsteppedsleptsweptweptcreptleapt

two syllables

acceptadeptinept

three syllables

intercept
Show 40 near rhymes
whentheirtheregetthemthenwellsaidwherebesthelpagainnextagainstendleftletsetcarereadyettellheadmenwentyeslesssayshealthfriendsdeathelseairfriendredcheckmyselfyourselfwestgets

Except in a sentence

  • I would buy this watch, except it's too expensive.CK
  • Except for a few mistakes, his composition is perfect.CK
  • Mathematicians are poets, except that they have to prove what their fantasy creates.Swift
  • As far as the eye could see, nothing could be seen except cornfields.aandrusiak
  • I doubt if anyone even remembers his name now, except for me.CK
  • Except in special circumstances, anyone is allowed to enter the building.unknown
  • He is a nice man, except that he talks too much.CK
  • This is a good report, except for this mistake.Dejo

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Forms of except

as a verb

past tense
excepted
present participle
excepting
third-person singular
excepts
past participle
excepted