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To except means to leave out or take out one when you include everything else. (verb)
An example of to except is to serve everyone dinner, but not yourself.
Except is something said when one action depends on another action or to show a variation in action. (conjunction)
- An example of except is when you would go swimming but you have not brought a bathing suit.
- An example of except is to say that a person never drives their car during the week but they drive their car on the weekends.
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See except in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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