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    but
    [bət]
    conjunction
    1. used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned:
      "he stumbled but didn't fall" · "this is one principle, but it is not the only one" · "the problem is not that they are cutting down trees, but that they are doing it in a predatory way" · "I am clean but you are dirty"
      Opposite:
    2. used to indicate the impossibility of anything other than what is being stated:
      "one cannot but sympathize" · "there was nothing they could do but swallow their pride" · "they had no alternative but to follow"
      Similar:
      (do) other than
      otherwise than
    3. used to introduce a response expressing a feeling such as surprise or anger:
      "but that's an incredible saving!" · "but why?"
    4. used after an expression of apology for what one is about to say:
      "I'm sorry, but I can't pay you"
    5. archaic
      without it being the case that:
      "it never rains but it pours"
    preposition
    1. except; apart from; other than:
      "in Texas, we were never anything but poor" · "the last but one" · "I trusted no one but him"
      Opposite:
      • used with repetition of certain words to give emphasis:
        "nobody, but nobody, was going to stop her"
    adverb
    but (adverb)
    1. no more than; only:
      "he is but a shadow of his former self" · "choose from a colorful array of oranges, cherries, and raspberries, to name but a few"
    noun
    but (noun) · buts (plural noun)
    1. an argument against something; an objection:
      "no buts—just get out of here" · "as with all these proposals, ifs and buts abound"
    Origin
    Old English be-ūtan, būtan, būta ‘outside, without, except’ (see by, out).
    but
    [bət]
    noun
    SCOTTISH ENGLISH
    but (noun) · buts (plural noun)
    1. an outer room, especially in a two-roomed cottage.
    Origin
    early 18th century: from but in the early sense ‘outside’, specifically ‘into the outer part of a house’.
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