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ɪkˈsept I Conjunction Bre Needed Money Dresses Mine

Word except
WordType (conjunction)
Phonetic BrE / ɪkˈsept / NAmE / ɪkˈsept /
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  • i didn't tell him anything except that i needed the money.
  • our dresses were the same except mine was red.
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except

(conjunction)BrE / ɪkˈsept / NAmE / ɪkˈsept /
  1. used before you mention something that makes a statement not completely true
    • I didn't tell him anything except that I needed the money.
    • Our dresses were the same except mine was red.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’.
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