Usually means: Except for; with the exception.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. all but: Merriam-Webster
  2. all but: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. all but: Collins English Dictionary
  4. all-but, all but: Wordnik
  5. all but: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. all-but, all but: Wiktionary
  7. All but, all but: Dictionary.com
  8. all but: Rhymezone
  9. all but: FreeDictionary.org
  10. All but: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. all but: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  12. all but: Merriam-Webster

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  1. all but: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (all but)

▸ adverb:  Very nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.
▸ adverb:  Everything except. Typically precedes a noun or noun phrase.

Similar:
almost, virtually, nearly, just about, about, nigh, near, well-nigh, most, coming on, more...

Opposite:
only, solely, exclusively, simply

Phrases:
in all but name, all but dissertation, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave, all but gone, more...

Adjectives:
borderline, most, slight, eeny, nigh, virtual, somesuch, how long, all, around, all that

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Similar:
almost, virtually, nearly, just about, about, nigh, near, well-nigh, most, coming on, more...

Opposite:
only, solely, exclusively, simply

Phrases:
in all but name, all but dissertation, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave, all but gone, more...

Adjectives:
borderline, most, slight, eeny, nigh, virtual, somesuch, how long, all, around, all that



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