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to excepted

to excepted

4.5
Not part of a group or rule
  • verb
  • /ɪkˈsɛptɪd/
translation icon : excepto
  • All students completed the exam, excepted for those who were ill.

Examples

  • The package was delivered to everyone excepted for the ones living in rural areas.

  • She invited all her friends to the party, excepted her sister who was out of town.

  • Every square is safe to eat except the lower left one of the whole bar, which is poisonous.

  • At least the rest of you have enrolled, except for Demetri.

  • So these patients were all treated for MDRTB, except for those that had XDRTB who were not being effectively treated.

  • So the three hymns, they've all had their health issues except Claudia.

  • It's all new cast except for Spade, Tim Meadows and Norm MacDonald.

Synonyms

unincluded
vsto excepted
5.4

Not in a group or list with other items

is left out from a group rule or statement

Antonyms

included
1.0

Comes with something else in the same package

How Inclusive

exclusion
64 4.2
to excepted
4.5
omission
51 5.4
included
1.0

Surface Forms

except infinitive
excepted past
excepted past participle
excepting present participle
excepts third person singular

Morphology

excepted = except (transparent) = except + ed

A regular past-participle formation from the verb 'except'; meaning (excluded/left out) is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Excepted comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and capere 'to take', so it originally meant 'to take out'. That's why when someone or something is excepted, it is left out or not included.