But

  • 51but. — 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

  • 52but. — 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

  • 53but */*/*/ — weak [bət] , strong [bʌt] grammar word summary: But can be: ■ a conjunction: She s 83 but she still goes swimming every day. ■ a preposition: There s been nothing but trouble since he came. 1) used for introducing a different idea used for… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 54But — This interesting surname of English origin with variant spellings But, Butt, Butte, Bute, etc., is derived from the middle English personal name But(t) of unknown origin, perhaps originally a nickname meaning short and stocky and akin to the late …

    Surnames reference

  • 55but — I Australian Slang (adv.) however; though (used at the end of a sentence): We never win but ; I cannot confirm or deny any of your points but ; I never did it but II A Geordie Dictionary A kind of spoken full stop or period. Sentences are often… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 56But — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 57but — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58but — 1. preposition /bʌt,bət/ Without, apart from, except. Away but the hoose and tell me whaes there. 2. adverb /bʌt,bət/ Merely, only. Since that day, my mood has changed but a little. 3. conjunction /bʌt,bət/ …

    Wiktionary

  • 59But —          CHIRAC (Jacques)     Bio express : Homme d État français (1932 )     «Les moyens ne sont jamais adéquats quand le but est mal défini.»     Source : La France pour tous     Mot(s) clé(s) : But Moyen          DIMITROV (Gueorgui)     Bio… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 60but — 1. conjunction 1) he stumbled but didn t fall Syn: however, nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, yet, still 2) I am clean but you aren t Syn: whereas, conversely 2. preposition …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary