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Except

/ɪkˈsɛpt/
To leave out or exclude something from a group or category

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Examples:

Everyone went to the party except me.I like all fruit except oranges.

Etymology:

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:

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