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" I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends."
Mary MacLane

Meaning of "excepting" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF EXCEPTING

ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCEPTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excepting can act as a preposition and a conjunction.
The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

The conjunction is an invariable grammatical category used to join together words and sentences.

WHAT DOES EXCEPTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of excepting in the English dictionary

The definition of excepting in the dictionary is excluding; except; except for.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCEPTING

accounting · acting · computing · connecting · consulting · contrasting · cutting · dating · eating · exciting · existing · fighting · frosting · heating · hunting · interesting · lighting · listing · prompting · tempting

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCEPTING

excelsior · except · except for · except that · exceptant · excepted · exception · exceptionable · exceptionableness · exceptionably · exceptional · exceptional child · exceptionalism · exceptionality · exceptionally · exceptionalness · exceptious · exceptive · exceptless · exceptor

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCEPTING

casting · collecting · decorating · meeting · operating · painting · posting · printing · putting · rating · reporting · setting · shooting · sitting · sporting · supporting · testing · visiting · waiting · writing

Synonyms and antonyms of excepting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «excepting» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EXCEPTING

Find out the translation of excepting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of excepting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excepting» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

除…外
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

salvo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

excepting
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

छोड़कर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بأستثناء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

кроме
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

excetuando-se
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যতিরেকে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sauf
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kecuali
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

außer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

~を除外して
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

~을 제외하고
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kajaba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngoại trừ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தவிர
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वगळता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

dışında
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

eccetto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wyjątkiem
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

крім
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cu excepția
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαίρεση:
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

behalwe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Med undantag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

excepting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excepting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCEPTING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of excepting
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about excepting

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «EXCEPTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word excepting.
1
Democritus
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
2
Neil Gaiman
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
3
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent.
4
Mary MacLane
I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends.
5
Saadi
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCEPTING»

Discover the use of excepting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excepting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Register of Graduates (Excepting Medical Department) ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Vanderbilt University, 2012
2
The Touchstone of Common Assurances: Or, A Plain and ...
195. besides, or except his lands in Dale, or all his lands in Dak, ex- Perk- Sett. cepting one house, or one acre in certain ; or one house, excepting *1' one chamber in certain ; these and luch like exceptions are good (»). b And if one grant a ...
William Sheppard, Edward Hilliard, 1785
3
Office and Practice of Notary of Canada (Excepting Province ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Bernard Wallace Russell, 2012
4
The Pelagic Tunicata of the San Diego Region, Excepting the ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
William Emerson Ritter, 2010
5
The New England Journal of Medicine
On Cancer of the Breast. 81 osseous, to which the last is sometimes converted, and excepting also some chronic indurations. 2. Insensibility to pressure-This will serve to distinguish scirrhous from simple induration, and from herpetic, ...
6
The Public Statute Laws of Connecticut
(25) Those in the towns of PUnnfield, Canterbury, Voluntotvn, Sterling and the south company, with the artillerymen in Brookhjn, and that part otHamfiton formerly in Canterbury, and the south society in KUlingly (excepting that part of ...
‎1808
7
Garner's Modern American Usage
B. Excepting. Except in the phrase not excepting, this word should not be used as a substitute for except for or asidefrom—e.g.: • “But rarely in the post World War II era, excepting [read aside from or with the exceptions of] the Netherlands ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
8
Modern Legal Drafting: A Guide to Using Clearer Language
The document comes from England, but it could have come from any country where English is the language of the law: AND excepting and reserving also in fee simple unto the Company their successors in title owners or owner for the time ...
Peter Butt, Richard William Castle, 2001
9
Continental Road Book, Europe: Excepting France and Germany ...
Due To The Very Old Age And Scarcity Of This Book, Many Of The Pages May Be Hard To Read Due To The Blurring Of The Original Text. Contains Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Russia And Others.
W. G. Waller Goodworth, 2010
10
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Bail in Civil and ...
SECTION III. OF EXCEPTING TO, AND JUSTIFYING BAIL. By the rules of all the courts (m) "every commissioner is required to have a book, kept purposely for entering exactly the names of the defendant and his bail, and of the plaintiff, as it is ...
Charles Petersdorff, 1824

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCEPTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excepting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Millions more Americans hit by government personnel data hack
... encrypted, involves a complete rundown of the personal lives of some 90 percent of applicants for security clearances, mainly excepting most ... «KELO AM-FM, Jul 15»
2
What happens when you give players 100 tries to beat a roguelike?
Randomized levels means that next time pretty much everything will be different, excepting yourself and your ability. Another world, another ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
3
IBM's Power Roadmap Extended By Chip Breakthrough
... processes and cranked the clocks up to between 3.6 GHz and 5 GHz, and the Power6+ was largely a dud excepting some dual-chip modules ... «The Platform, Jul 15»
4
Tubman is worthy of place on $10 bill
Frederick Douglass said of Tubman, "Excepting John Brown — of sacred memory — I know of no one who has willingly encountered more ... «Delmarva Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Rs 11300 cr Mumbai coastal road likely to be a "disaster", if poorly …
Worst affected was the western seafront excepting where the mangroves have been protected by citizens. Several religious and archaeological ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
6
Book excerpt from Shashi Tharoor's Riot: Communal violence and …
We couldn't forget the ones who had been killed— the ones we knew about, again excepting Priscilla. We had to contact their families, help ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
7
Heat takes toll at Grants Pass Downs
The purses this season have ranged from $2,000 to $2,500 this season, excepting stakes races, and SOHRA has committed to adding another ... «Mail Tribune, Jul 15»
8
THE PEOPLE SPEAK — Citizens key to curbing pet overpopulation
Excepting for very large breeds of dogs, which mature more slowly, dogs should be spayed by the the time they are six months of age. «Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Jul 15»
9
Looking for Levure Bakery and Patisserie
... Levure's cross-pollinations are generally successful (excepting its pulled-pork danish, which I found to be something of a deadly mutant). Yes ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Guy Martin Joins Triumph in Attempt to Reclaim Land Speed Record
Triumph then held the title until 1970 (excepting a 33-day period). The record-breaking Triumph streamliners of that period were Devil's Arrow, ... «Motorcycle.com, Jul 15»
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