but

Do you want to know how to pronounce but? You can find detailed information about the correct spelling, meaning and etymological origin of the word but on this page. You can also see some proverbs and idioms where the word but used.

This word consists of 3 letters and is spelled as "B-U-T". It has 1 vowel and 2 consonants.

How do you spell but

Typo fix for "but"

but

conjunction

How to pronunciation but: ˈbət

What does But Mean?

What does but meaning in English

1. Except. An emission of immateriate virtues we are a little doubtful to propound, it is so prodigious: but that it is so constantly avouched by many. Bacon. Who can it be, ye gods! but perjur’d Lycon ? Who can inspire such storms of rage, but Lycon ? Where has my sword left one so black, but Lycon ? Smith’s Phædra and Hippolitus. Your poem hath been printed, and we have no objection but the obscurity of several passages, by our ignorance in facts and persons. Swift.
   
2. Yet; nevertheless. It sometimes only enforces yet. Then let him speak, and any that shall stand without, shall hear his voice plainly; but yet made extreme sharp and exile, like the voice of puppets: and yet the articulate sounds of the words will not be confounded. Bacon’s Nat. Hist. №. 15
   
3. Our wants are many, and grievous to be born, but quite of another kind. Swift.
   
4. The particle which introduces the minor of a syllogism; now. If there be a liberty and possibility for a man to kill himself today, then it is not absolutely necessary that he shall live till tomorrow; but there is such a liberty, therefore no such necessity. Bramhall against Hobbes. God will one time or another make a difference between the good and the evil. But there is little or no difference made in this world: therefore there must be another world, wherein this difference shall be made. Watts’s Logick, Introduct.

Other definitions for but

The definition of 'but' is: except for the fact

How to spell but

Want to know how to spell but, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "but consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈbət".

Synonyms for but:

There are synonyms for but'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of but:

apart from, aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, except, except for, excluding, exclusive of, other than, outside, outside of, save, saving

Some words similar to "but"

• butted
• attributable
• butterwort
• butler's
• rebut
• contributory
• butt
• butterfield
• buttes
• buttons

The word "but" in works of art

Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Edward Albee

That life - whatever else it is - is short. That fate is cruel but maybe not random. That Nature (meaning Death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it.

Donna Tartt / The Goldfinch

Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.

The Stand / Stephen King

I have never taken the high road, but I tell other people to 'cause then there's more room for me on the low road.

Parks and Recreation / Greg Daniels and Michael Schur

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Macbeth / William Shakespeare

The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it was not. But it's a lie.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / Americanah

It's a quare strange thing, the heart of a man. You'd think you knew it all, but there's times it will surprise you. And with a good right too.

The Playboy of the Western World / J.M. Synge

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!

The Twilight Zone / Rod Serling

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart.

Kazuo Ishiguro / Never Let Me Go

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How many points in scrabble for but

How many points is the word "but" in Scrabble? Is "but" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word but is 5

Understanding English Verb Tenses

English verb tenses can be quite confusing, but with some practice, you can master them. There are 12 different tenses in English, which fall into two categories: simple and continuous. Simple tenses refer to actions that happen once, whereas continuous tenses refer to ongoing or repeated actions. For example, the present simple tense is used to talk about habits or things that are always true, while the present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment or temporarily. It's important to understand the different verb tenses in order to communicate effectively in English.