except in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
except in Sindhi سنڌي
except in Telugu తెలుగు
except in English
- except⇄except, preposition, verb, conjunction.
- except⇄expr. except for,
a. were it not for.
Ex. I would go with you except for my headache.
b. with the exception of.
Ex. Everyone came to my party except for John. - except⇄noun excepter.
- except⇄prep. leaving out; other than; with the exception of; but.
Ex. He works every day except Sunday. - except⇄v.i. to make objection; object.
conj. 1. only; but.
Ex. I would have had a perfect score except I missed the last question. The last time a tiger had me down, I wouldn't have gotten up except a lion attacked the tiger (Newsweek).
2. ( - except⇄v.t. to leave out; exclude.
Ex. Those who passed the first test were excepted from the second.