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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn