except

exceptpreposition

1. not including someone or something; other than

   Except for is used the same way as except, especially at the start of a sentence: Except for the noise, the neighborhood is nice.

   • The store is open every day except Sunday.
   • Everyone came to the party except Tom.
   • I like all vegetables except onions.
   • Nothing was damaged except one window.

   Collocations

   phrase except for, except when, except that

   Compare besides (except takes one item out of a group already named; besides adds an extra item to what has already been said)