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but
CEFRA1
/ˈbʌt/
conjunction · preposition · adverb
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In plain English
- 01
conjunction
Used to introduce a contrast or exception.
- 02
conjunction
Extra detailMerely, only, just, no more than
Examples
I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.
I'd be unhappy, but I wouldn't kill myself.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 3
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
conjunction
Extra meaningOutside of.
preposition
Extra meaningApart from, except (for), excluding.
adverb
Extra meaningUsed to repeat an adverb for emphasis; simply; just; absolutely.
More examples
In contextWe've had nothing but trouble with this car.
Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.
Everyone but Father left early.
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Origin
conjunction
From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about.