| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Preposition | 1. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To save or rescue.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To bar. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To exclude, debar, foreclose, preclude or eliminate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb except.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (except) | 1. Take exception to.[Wordnet]. 2. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.[Wordnet]. 3. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.[Websters]. 4. To object to; to protest against.[Websters]. 5. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: excepting, excepted, excepts, exceptor, exceptors, exceptingly and exceptedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXCEPTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXCEPTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Taking or leaving out; excluding.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Preposition] with the exception of Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself. (references) | 2: [Verb] Present participle of except. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: except
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey | Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey is a song by the Beatles released on The Beatles album. It was primarily written by John Lennon though also credited to Paul McCartney. (references) | ||
| I before e except after c | I before e, except after c is a mnemonic used to help elementary school students remember how to spell certain words in the English language. (references) | ||
| Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution | Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution is a 1973 essay by the evolutionary biologist and Russian Orthodox Christian Theodosius Dobzhansky, criticising Young Earth creationism and espousing evolutionary creationism. The essay was first published in the American Biology Teacher, volume 35 125-129, and the title is widely cited as the mantra of evolutionary biology. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: except
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Maximum except takeoff power | Mechanical Engineering | Maximum power an engine is allowed to develop without any time restrictions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: except | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey | 24 | Every Day Except Christmas | 9 | |
| I before E except after C | 17 | Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey | 24 | |
| Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution | 11 | Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess | 3 | |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except | 9 | I before E except after C | 17 | |
| Every Day Except Christmas | 9 | Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution | 11 | |
| One gets used to anything, except a guy | 4 | One gets used to anything, except a guy | 4 | |
| Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess | 3 | Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except | 9 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
