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- Dictionaryexcepted/ɪkˈsɛptɪd/
adjective
- 1. excluded from the category or group specified: "most museums (the Getty excepted) have small acquisitions budgets"
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verb. excepted; excepting; excepts. transitive verb. : to take or leave out from a number or a whole : exclude. intransitive verb. : to take exception : object. exceptive. ik-ˈsep-təv. adjective. except. 3 of 3. conjunction. variants or less commonly excepting.
adjective [ after noun ] formal uk / ɪkˈsept.ɪd / us / ɪkˈsept.ɪd / Add to word list. not included: present company excepted I can't stand academics - present company excepted (= not including those who are being talked to). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Excluding. acid-free. apart. aside. bar none idiom. barring. count. excluding.
You use excepted after you have mentioned a person or thing to show that you do not include them in the statement you are making. [ formal ] Jeremy excepted, the men seemed personable.
Excepted definition: excluded from or left out of a particular category. See examples of EXCEPTED used in a sentence.
Except definition: with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but. See examples of EXCEPT used in a sentence.
Excepted definition: excluded from or left out of a particular category. See examples of EXCEPTED used in a sentence.
Define excepted. excepted synonyms, excepted pronunciation, excepted translation, English dictionary definition of excepted. prep. With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me. conj. 1. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that: I would buy the...
Definition of except verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for EXCEPTED: objected, protested, complained, demurred, kicked, took exception, expostulated, whined; Antonyms of EXCEPTED: approved, accepted, sanctioned, agreed, followed, observed, complied, maintained.
As a verb, except is often used in the past tense: All drivers must obey the speed limit, but ambulances rushing to the hospital are excepted. Much more rare is the use of except as a verb meaning "to object," which we find mostly in legal contexts.
