[
  {
    "word": "except",
    "phonetic": "/\u026ak\u02c8s\u025bpt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u026ak\u02c8s\u025bpt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/except-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=553993"
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u025bk\u02c8s\u025bpt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/except-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=782568",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To exclude; to specify as being an exception.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take exception, to object (to or against).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to except to a witness or his testimony"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "With the exception of; but.",
            "synonyms": [
              "apart from",
              "except for",
              "outtake",
              "with the exception of"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "apart from",
          "except for",
          "outtake",
          "with the exception of"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "conjunction",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I never made fun of her except teasingly."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/except"
    ]
  }
]