Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - except
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Except
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I. preposition also ~ing Date: 14th century with the exclusion or ~ion of daily ~ Sundays II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~are, frequentative of excipere to take out, ~, from ex- + capere to take — more at heave Date: 14th century transitive verb to take or leave out from a number or a whole ; exclude intransitive verb to take ~ion ; object • ~ive adjective III. conjunction also ~ing Date: 15th century 1. on any other condition than that ; unless ~ you repent 2. with this ~ion, namely was inaccessible ~ by boat 3. only — often followed by that I would go ~ that it's too far
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1.
v., prep., & conj. --v.tr. (often as excepted adj. placed after object) exclude from a general statement, condition, etc. (excepted him from the amnesty; present company excepted). --prep. (often foll. by for) not including; other than (all failed except him; all here except for John; is all right except that it is too long). --conj. archaic unless (except he be born again). Etymology: ME f. L excipere except- (as EX-(1), capere take) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. исключать to except from operation of a law —- изымать из-под действия (какого-л.) закона present company excepted —- за исключением присутствующих, о присутствующих не говорят nobody excepted —- все без исключения he was excepted from the general pardon —- он не подпал под всеобщую амнистию those who passed the first test were excepted from the second —- прошедшие первый тур освобождались от участия во втором 2. протестовать, возражать I except against his statement —- я возражаю против его заявления 3. юр. отводить (свидетеля) 4. исключая, за исключением, кроме every day except Sunday —- ежедневно кроме воскресенья everyone is ready except me —- все уже готовы, кроме меня I take no orders except from my commander —- я не принимаю приказов ни от кого, кроме своего командира 5. в сочетаниях except as —- кроме (тех) случаев (когда); за исключением (того) except as may be agreed... —- за исключением случаев, которые могут быть согласованы... except as provided for in Article 12 —- за исключением предусмотренного в статье 12 it shall remain in force except as amended by this Protocol —- это остается в силе с учетом поправок, внесенных настоящим протоколом except that —- кроме того, что; за исключением того, что; если не считать того, что the suit is good except that the sleeves are a little too long —- костюм хорош, только (если не считать того, что) рукава...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. v. 1) исключать 2) возражать (against, to) 3) leg. отводить (свидетеля) 2. prep. 1) исключая, кроме everybody went except John - все отправились, а Джон остался 2) except for - а) (употр. как сложный предлог) за исключением; кроме; everything is settled except for a few details обо всем договорено, за исключением некоторых деталей; б) (употр. как союз) если бы не 3. cj. obs. если не ...Англо-русский словарь
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Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true. I wouldn’t have accepted anything except a job in Europe... I don’t take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds... PREP • Except is also a conjunction. Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play... CONJ: oft CONJ that/when/where/if 2. You use except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true. He hadn’t eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad... Everyone was late, except for Richard. PREP-PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~1 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 prep 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 v T + from formal to not include something when you are talking about or considering a number or group of things ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1378, from L. exceptus, pp. of excipere "take out," from ex- "out" + capere "take." Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction. To take exception is from excipere being used in Roman law as a modern attorney would say objection. Exceptional was formed 1846. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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