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Index B
but: Meaning and Definition of
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but
Pronunciation:
(but unstressed b&schwat),
[key]
— conj.
on the contrary; yet:
My brother went, but I did not.
except; save:
She was so overcome with grief she could do nothing but weep.
unless; if not; except that (fol. by a clause, often with that expressed):
Nothing would do but that I should come in.
without the circumstance that:
It never rains but it pours.
otherwise than:
There is no hope but by prayer.
that (used esp. after doubt, deny, etc., with a negative):
I don't doubt but he will do it.
who not; that not:
No leaders worthy of the name ever existed but they were optimists.
(used as an intensifier to introduce an exclamatory expression):
But she's beautiful!
than:
It no sooner started raining but it stopped.
See(def. 31).
—prep.
with the exception of; except; save:
No one replied but me.
—adv.
only; just:
There is but one God.
except for; were it not for:
But for the excessive humidity, it might have been a pleasant day.
—n.
reservations or objections:
You'll do as you're told, no buts about it.
but
Pronunciation:
(but),
[key]
— n. Scot.
the outer or front room of a house; the outer or front apartment in an apartment house.
the kitchen of a two-room dwelling, esp. of a cottage.
but
Pronunciation:
(but),
[key]
butt.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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