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  • 41but — I strong UK [bʌt] / US weak UK [bət] / US adverb, conjunction, preposition *** Summary: But can be used in the following ways: As a conjunction (connecting two phrases or clauses): She s 83 but she still goes swimming every day. As a way of… …

    English dictionary

  • 42but — BUT1 s.n. (reg.; în loc. prep.) În butul (cuiva) = în ciuda, în pofida (cuiva). – et. nec. Trimis de valeriu, 21.03.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  BUT2, buturi, s.n. Bucată (mare) de carne; coapsa de dinapoi a animalelor rumegătoare, a căror carne… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 43but — [[t]bʌt[/t]] unstressed [[t]bət[/t]] conj. 1) fun on the contrary: My brother went, but I did not[/ex] 2) and yet; nevertheless: strange but true[/ex] 3) fun except; save: did nothing but complain[/ex] 4) fun without the circumstance that: It… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44but — I. conjunction Etymology: Middle English, from Old English būtan, preposition & conjunction, outside, without, except, except that; akin to Old High German būzan without, except; akin to Old English be by, ūt out more at by, out Date: before 12th …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45But — Cet article concerne la notion de but en sport. Pour les autres significations, voir But (homonymie). Dans plusieurs sports collectifs comme le foot …

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  • 46but — /bʌt / (say but), weak form /bət / (say buht) conjunction 1. on the contrary; yet: they all went, but I didn t. 2. except, rather than, or save: anywhere but here. 3. without the circumstance that, or that not: it never rains but it pours. 4.… …

  • 47BUT — Pour les articles homonymes, voir BUT (homonymie). Logo de BUT Création …

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  • 48but —  used negatively after a pronoun presents a problem that has confounded careful users for generations. Do you say, Everyone but him had arrived or Everyone but he had arrived ? The authorities themselves are divided.  Some regard but as a… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 49but —    used negatively after a pronoun presents a problem that has confounded careful users for generations. Do you say, Everyone but him had arrived or Everyone but he had arrived ? The authorities themselves are divided.    Some regard but as a… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 50but. — This is a submission and a question. The submission is: but. There is a long accepted use of a terminal but... in English. Thus, He said, Yes, but.... to mean a thought the listener can complete or the like. My question is not about that use of… …

    Dictionary of american slang