🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

예외

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeoe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exception/ɪkˈsɛpʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 규칙에는 예외가 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.

    "In most cases, the store is open on Sundays, but today is an exception."
  2. 2

    An instance of something being excluded from a general rule or condition.

    "The teacher made an exception for the student who had a valid reason for missing class."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'exception' originates from the Latin 'exceptio', which means 'a taking out'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, where it retained the meaning of something that is excluded from a general rule or condition.

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