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/ɪkˈsɛpt/
To leave out or exclude something from a group or category
Synonyms:
exclude
omit
eliminate
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
Everyone went to the party
except
me.
I like all fruit
except
oranges.
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘take out’): from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’
Usage Statistics:
52 mentions per 1 million words
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