except for

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ik-ˈsept fɔr/
- /ɪkˈsept fɔː(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ik-ˈsept fɔr/

Definitions of except for words

phrase except for You use except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true. 0
preposition except for other than; apart from; with the exception of 0
noun except for if it were not for 0
preposition except for With the exception of. 0

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Parts of speech for Except for

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Except for

except for popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

except for usage trend in Literature

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