except
verb/ɪkˈsept/
/ɪkˈsept/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they except | /ɪkˈsept/ /ɪkˈsept/ |
| he / she / it excepts | /ɪkˈsepts/ /ɪkˈsepts/ |
| past simple excepted | /ɪkˈseptɪd/ /ɪkˈseptɪd/ |
| past participle excepted | /ɪkˈseptɪd/ /ɪkˈseptɪd/ |
| -ing form excepting | /ɪkˈseptɪŋ/ /ɪkˈseptɪŋ/ |
- to not include somebody/something
- be excepted (from something) Children under five are excepted from the survey.
- Tours are arranged all year round (January excepted).
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’.
Idioms
See except in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarypresent company excepted
- (informal) used after being rude or critical about somebody to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism
- The people in this office are so narrow-minded, present company excepted, of course.
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