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# exception

noun (an exception, exceptions)

«exception» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An exception is a thing or person that does not follow the usual rule or pattern. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#m1)
2. If you make an exception, you allow something that is not usually allowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#m2)
3. (formal) To take exception to something is to be offended by it or object to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#m3)

### In the lessons

In grammar and spelling, exceptions break the rule: «i before e except after c» has many exceptions. In maths, «all numbers except 7» means leave 7 out. In everyday life parents may «make an exception» for a birthday. Phrases: with the exception of, without exception, the exception to the rule, make an exception, take exception to.

### Examples

- Everyone came to the party, with the exception of Tom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x1)
- «Children» is an exception to the rule of adding -s for plurals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x2)
- Mum usually says no sweets, but she made an exception today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x3)
- All the pupils, without exception, finished the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x4)
- All even numbers except 2 are not prime — 2 is the exception. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x5)
- Most birds can fly; penguins are an exception. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x6)
- The headteacher took exception to the rude remark. (formal) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x7)
- Bagheera killed right and left as he felt hungry, and so did Mowgli--with one exception. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun. «Except» is the related word meaning «but not». «The exception proves the rule» is a common saying, but it does not mean that exceptions make a rule true. In maths, an exception means one item is left out or behaves differently, so check it separately.

## In Jewish tradition

In grammar and spelling, exceptions break the rule: «i before e except after c» has many exceptions. In maths, «all numbers except 7» means leave 7 out. In everyday life parents may «make an exception» for a birthday. Phrases: with the exception of, without exception, the exception to the rule, make an exception, take exception to.

### Examples

- with the exception of the word תהו because it is obvious from "Yezirah," Chap. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/exception/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun. «Except» is the related word meaning «but not». «The exception proves the rule» is a common saying, but it does not mean that exceptions make a rule true. In maths, an exception means one item is left out or behaves differently, so check it separately.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exception» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exception/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «exception» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/exception/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exception» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/exception.html) on Mova free.