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Hyphenation for “except”

Showing how to split the syllables of “except”.

What is the correct hyphenation for “except”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "except" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “except” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „except“ ⟶ „ex-cept“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "except"

except >> ɪkˈsɛpt

Definition: [preposition] not including; other than.
Example: they work every day except Sunday

Synonyms of "except"

excluding | not including | excepting | omitting | leaving out | not counting | but | besides | barring | bar | other than | exclusive of | saving | save | apart from | aside from | with the exception of | with the omission of | with the exclusion of | outside of | forbye |

Definition: [conjunction] used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made.
Example: I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money

Synonyms of "except"

Definition: [verb] specify as excluded from a category or group.
Example: five classes of advertisement are excepted from control

Synonyms of "except"

exclude | omit | leave out | rule out | count out | disregard | pass over | bar |