except

except
1 /Ik'sept/ conjunction
1 except for
a) apart from: Except for one old lady, the bus was empty. | The roads were clear except for a few cars.
b) except for John/her/me etc leaving out or not including John, her etc: The children are all asleep except for Lorna.
c) if someone or something had not happened or existed: Nina would have left him years ago except for the children.
2 except do sth apart from doing something: Tom does everything around the house except cook. | a computer that can do everything except talk
3 spoken but: I'd love to go, except it's too expensive. | It doesn't matter that I had to wait, except you did say four o'clock.
2 preposition used to introduce the only thing or person in a group about which a statement is not true: Everyone except Adam went to the concert. | You can have any of the cakes except this one. | We're open every day except Monday. (+ in/to/up etc): I can take my vacation at any time except in August. | Peter's not going anywhere except to work. (+ (that)): The house was just as I left it except that everything was covered with dust. | I've got one exactly the same except it's silver. (+ what/how/why etc): I don't know anything about the case except what I read in the newspaper. | except by doing sth: You can't get credit except by making special arrangements with the management. 3 verb (transitive + from) formal to not include something when you are talking about or considering a number or group of things

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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