{
    "term": "except",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We work every day except Sunday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They all came except Matt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had nothing on except for my socks."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "apart from"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsept/",
                "audio": "ex/except/except__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈsept/",
                "audio": "ex/except/except__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin except- ‘taken out’, from the verb excipere, from ex- ‘out of’ + capere ‘take’."
}