Definition of Except

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Except

To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

To object to; to protest against.

To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.

With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.

Unless; if it be not so that.

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Except Quotations

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Maya Angelou

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
Ronald Reagan

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Mark Twain

There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
Mark Twain

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
Mark Twain

The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word.
Mark Twain

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
Winston Churchill

Except Translations

except in Dutch is uitzonderen
except in Finnish is paitsi
except in French is sauf, hormis, exempter, excepter
except in Latin is absque (+ ablative), nisi
except in Norwegian is uten, unnta, untatt
except in Portuguese is exceto
except in Swedish is utom

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