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1but — 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… …
2but — 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… …
3but hey... — but hey... spoken phrase used when you are pretending that what you have just said is not important I always thought marriage was for life, but hey, what do I know? Thesaurus: words used for saying that something is unimportantsynonym Main entry …
4but — but1 [ weak bət, strong bʌt ] function word *** 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 starting a new sentence and connecting it to… …
5but — 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… …
6but — but1 W1S1 [bət strong bʌt] conj [: Old English; Origin: butan outside, without, except ] 1.) used to connect two statements or phrases when the second one adds something different or seems surprising after the first one ▪ It s an old car, but it… …
7Was — Be Be (b[=e]), v. i. [imp. {Was} (w[o^]z); p. p. {Been} (b[i^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Being}.] [OE. been, beon, AS. be[ o]n to be, be[ o]m I am; akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W. bod to be, Lith. bu ti, O. Slav. by ti, to… …
8but — 1 conjunction strong /bVt/ 1 in spite of something, or not as you would expect: The situation looked desperate but they didn t give up hope. | The car was very cheap but it s been extremely reliable. 2 used to add another statement to one that… …
9but */*/*/ — 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… …
10saying — noun you know the old saying about all work and no play? it goes without saying Syn: proverb, maxim, aphorism, axiom, adage, saw, tag, motto, epigram, dictum, expression, phrase, formula; slogan, catchphrase …
