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But

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Meaning

Prep

●
Apart from, except (for), excluding.
●
In Scottish English:
Outside of.

Adv

●
Merely, only, just,
than
●
In Australian English & Geordie English:
Though, however.

Conj

●
However, although, nevertheless,
(introducing a
or
with the
or sentence).
●
On the
, rather (as a
,
a
or
or
with the
or sentence).
●
Used at the
of a
to
to a remark.
●
Except that (introducing a
which
); also, with
of the
of the
,
as
, "except one that", "except such that".
●
Used to
an
to the
as an intensifier.
●
Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a
concomitant).
●
Except with; unless with; without.
●
Only;
; merely.
●
Until.
●
That.

Noun

●
An
of using the
"but"; an
or caveat.
●
In Scottish English:
The
of a small two-room cottage.
●
A
; a boundary.
●
The end; especially the
or
end, or the
, in
from the
, end; the butt.

Verb

●
Use the
"but".

Name

●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

but
English
arrow
but
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym

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