Dictionary entry

Exceptionable

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛpʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈsɛpʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

ကန့်ကွက်ဘွယ်၊ ငြင်းပယ်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။

Definition

exception /Çk'sepʃn/ n ၁။ (က) [C] (လူ၊ အရာဝတၳဳ) ႁခြင္းခ်က္။ Most of the buildings in this town are rather unattractive, but this church is a notable exception. ❍ The children did well, the only exception being Jo, who failed. ❍ Freedom of choice is at the heart of all our policies, and transport is no exception. (ခ) [U] ႁခြင္းခ်န္ ျခင္း။ All students without exception must take the English examination. ❍ I enjoyed all his novels with the exception of (ie except/not including) his last. ၂။ [C] ႁခြင္းခ်က္။ an exception to a rule of grammar ❍ Such community spirit is unfortunately the exception rather than the rule (ie not usual). ❍ Children are not normally allowed in, but in your case I'm prepared to make an exception (ie to allow you in). ❏ exceptionable /-ʃǝnǝbl/ adj ( fml ) လက္မခံႏိုင္စရာ။ သေဘာမေတြ႕စရာ။ There are no exceptionable scenes in the play. ❏ the exception proves the rule [ IDM ] ( saying ) ႁခြင္းခ်က္ဆိုတာ ရိွစၿမဲ။ All his family have red hair except him. ❍ He is the exception that/which proves the rule. ❏ take exception to sth [ IDM ] လက္သင့္မခံ။ ေဒါပြသည္။ He took great exception to what I said. ❍ She took exception to having to wait outside in the corridor.

Examples

  1. New technology stocks have done badly in recent months
  2. but Autonomy has been an exception.
  3. [notable/rare exception] : Most nurses are women; the most notable exceptions are psychiatric nurses.
  4. [exception to] : There are some exceptions to every grammatical rule.