Associations to the word «Except»

Wiktionary

EXCEPT, verb. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
EXCEPT, verb. (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
EXCEPT, preposition. With the exception of; but.
EXCEPT, conjunction. With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
EXCEPT, conjunction. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
EXCEPT FOR, preposition. With the exception of

Dictionary definition

EXCEPT, verb. Take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday".
EXCEPT, verb. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley