Exception: meaning in English

ɪkˈsep.ʃən

Exception – definition

noun
A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
Usage examples:
He always plays top tunes, and tonight was no exception
Synonims:
Anomaly Irregularity Deviation Special case Departure Inconsistency Quirk Peculiarity Abnormality Oddity Outlier Edge case Misfit Freak

noun
Something that is not included, or the action of not including something
Usage examples:
[ c ] we don’t usually accept late applications, but since you were so sick i’ll make an exception …

noun
Someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list, or that does not behave in the expected way
Usage examples:
Most of these states have moderate property taxes; arizona's very high business property taxes are …

noun
Someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list or that does not behave in the expected way
Usage examples:
Men are usually quite good at map-reading but tim is the exception., exception to there are excepti…

noun
To not treat someone or something according to the usual rules
Usage examples:
We don't usually accept late applications, but in this case we will make an exception.

noun
To be offended or made angry by something or someone
Usage examples:
Why did you take exception to what he said? he was only joking.

Exception translation into English

Exception: translate from English into Chinese

例外, 不赞同, 反驳, 不赞成, 责备

Exception: translate from English into Dutch

Uitzondering, Exceptie, Tegenwerping

Exception: translate from English into French

Exception

Exception: translate from English into German

Ausnahme, Ausnahmefall

Exception: translate from English into Hindi

अपवाद, आपत्ति, आक्षेप

Exception: translate from English into Italian

Eccezione, Deroga, Obiezione

Exception: translate from English into Korean

예외, 제외, 이의, 특별, 파격

Exception: translate from English into Russian

Исключение, Особая ситуация, Возражение, Отвод, Неодобрение

Exception: translate from English into Spanish

Excepción, Unidad de otros, Raridad

Word origin

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin exceptio(n- ), from excipere ‘take out’ (see except).

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Exception – similar words

excepting

preposition
Except for; apart from.
Usage examples:
Excepting a scratched door, the car was in good condition

verb
Specify as excluded from a category or group.
Usage examples:
Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control

Excepting - all meanings in English

excepted

adjective
Excluded from the category or group specified.
Usage examples:
Most museums (the getty excepted) have small acquisitions budgets

verb
Specify as excluded from a category or group.
Usage examples:
Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control

adjective
Not included
Usage examples:
Present company excepted i can't stand academics - present company excepted (= not including those …

Excepted - all meanings in English

except

preposition
Not including; other than.
Usage examples:
They work every day except sunday

conjunction
Used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made.
Usage examples:
I didn't tell him anything, except that i needed the money

verb
Specify as excluded from a category or group.
Usage examples:
Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control

Except - all meanings in English

Exception synonims

abnormality

noun
An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence.
Usage examples:
Babies with congenital abnormalities

noun
Something abnormal, usually in the body
Usage examples:
Genetic/congenital abnormalities, an increasing number of tests are available for detecting foetal …

Abnormality - all meanings in English

anomaly

noun
Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
Usage examples:
There are a number of anomalies in the present system

noun
Something that is unusual enough to be noticeable or seem strange
Usage examples:
The government does computer checks of tax returns to find anomalies that might indicate fraud.

Anomaly - all meanings in English

departure

dɪˈpɑː.tʃər

noun
The action of leaving, especially to start a journey.
Usage examples:
The day of departure

noun
The act of leaving a place, job, etc., or an occasion when this happens
Usage examples:
[ u ] departure is scheduled for 2 p.m., [ c ] our departure was delayed because of bad weather., […

noun
The act of leaving a company or a job
Usage examples:
The current finance director will retire, but she has set no date for her departure., a sudden/surp…

Departure - all meanings in English

deviation

noun
The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard.
Usage examples:
Deviation from a norm

noun
A difference from what is usual or expected
Usage examples:
The letter cited 'significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice'., in a recent an…

Deviation - all meanings in English

freak

noun
A very unusual and unexpected event or situation.
Usage examples:
The teacher says the accident was a total freak

verb
Behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs.
Usage examples:
He freaked out and smashed the place up

adjective
Extremely unusual or unlikely
Usage examples:
She died in a freak automobile accident., a freak midsummer hailstorm caught us all by surprise., m…

Freak - all meanings in English

inconsistency

noun
The fact or state of being inconsistent.
Usage examples:
The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour

noun
A situation in which two things do not match and are opposed
Usage examples:
[ c ] there appear to be inconsistencies in her alibi.

Inconsistency - all meanings in English

irregularity

noun
The state or quality of being irregular.
Usage examples:
There is evidence that fraud and irregularity continue on a large scale

noun
Something that is not according to usual rules or what is expected, and often not acceptable
Usage examples:
The company discovered accounting irregularities going back three to four years.

Irregularity - all meanings in English

misfit

noun
A person whose behaviour or attitude sets them apart from others in an uncomfortably conspicuous way.
Usage examples:
A motley collection of social misfits

noun
Someone who is not accepted socially by other people because his or her behavior is unusual or strange
Usage examples:
I was a social misfit, the kind of kid no one played with.

Misfit - all meanings in English

oddity

noun
A strange or peculiar person or thing.
Usage examples:
She was regarded as a bit of an oddity

noun
Someone or something that is strange and unusual
Usage examples:
As one of the few women in engineering in the 1950s, she was considered an oddity.

Oddity - all meanings in English

outlier

noun
A person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system.
Usage examples:
A western outlier in the andaman archipelago

noun
A fact, figure, piece of data, etc. that is very different from all the others in a set and does not seem to fit the same pattern
Usage examples:
Eliminating one or two obvious outliers, charges range from 0.45% per annum to 3.67% per annum., th…

Outlier - all meanings in English

peculiarity

noun
A strange or unusual feature or habit.
Usage examples:
For all his peculiarities, she finds him quite endearing

Peculiarity - all meanings in English

quirk

noun
A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour.
Usage examples:
They accepted her attitude as one of her little quirks

verb
(with reference to a person's mouth or eyebrow) move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement.
Usage examples:
His lips quirked disbelievingly

noun
An unusual habit or type of behavior, or something that is strange and unexpected
Usage examples:
A personality quirk, it’s just one of the quirks of living there., a quirky, offbeat sense of humor

Quirk - all meanings in English

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