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excepted
[ ik-sep-tid ]
adjective
- excluded from or left out of a particular category:
Any foundation of this kind is an excepted charity—unlike the others, it doesn't have to register with the government.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of except 2.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ð³æ·³¦±ð±è³Ù·±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·±ð³æ·³¦±ð±è³Ù·±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of excepted1
Idioms and Phrases
- present company excepted, (a qualifying remark to indicate that a negative comment or description does not apply to those being spoken to):
The human race as a whole does not display too many signs of intelligence—present company excepted, of course.
Example Sentences
Nicholson is tasked with making herself unlikable, flashbacks excepted, and does, though one can regard her as tragic in a quasi-Shakespearean way.
Pfeiffer explained that employees of the FBI and CIA are in the excepted service because of concerns about espionage, criminal activity and malfeasance.
With the projected fall in the school-age population, it appears the challenge for the state sector to accommodate potential extra children is one, local pinch points excepted, that it can largely manage.
Westminster also has control over issues which affect the UK as a whole, known as reserved or excepted matters.
Westminster also has control over issues which affect the UK as a whole, known as reserved or excepted matters.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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