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How to pronounce “except”
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Pronunciation guide for except
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of except with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Children of the Sky
Except for the part about the chimpanzee.”
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
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How to pronounce except
Children of the Sky
Except for the part about the chimpanzee.”
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “except”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
- (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
- [Preposition]
- Used to introduce an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
- [Conjunction]
- Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
- (informal) Loosely, used to introduce a contrastive statement explaining why something wasn't successful, didn't happen, etc.
- (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
- [Adjective]
- excepted
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