<p><strong>Preposition:</strong></p><ul><li>with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me.</li></ul><p><strong>Conjunction:</strong></p><ul><li>only; with the exception (usually followed by that): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other.</li><li>otherwise than; but (followed by an adv., phrase, or clause): well fortified except here.</li><li>Archaic. unless.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>