excepting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/, /əkˈsɛptɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧cept‧ing

Verb

excepting

1. present participle and gerund of except

Preposition

excepting

1. with the exception of

   Synonyms: excepted, save for; see also Thesaurus:except

   Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself.

   • 1875, John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, page 408:

     It is pleasant to see the Chinese domestics and ​their families; or native ladies dressed in silks, their glossy hair held in by a broad black velvet band with a spray of pearls in front, being propelled along the bund in their hand-carts; but they are not used among Europeans, excepting after dark.

Alternative forms

• cept'n
• 'cept'n

Anagrams

• expecting