but
An instance of using the word "but"An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
Meaning
4 sensesAn instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
It has to be done—no ifs, ands, or buts.
But—and this is a big but—you have to come home by sundown.
(Scotland)The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
A limit; a boundary.
The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
Examples
27184 sentencesHave fun, but don't get lost.
Розважайся, але на загубись. — deniko
It is nothing but a joke.
Це лише жарт. — aandrusiak
ruЭто всего лишь шутка. — drnm2
deEs ist bloß ein Witz. — xtofu80
It was nothing but a joke.
Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese
ruЭто была всего лишь шутка. — Arkadeko
deEs war nur ein Witz. — Kerstin
The girl did nothing but cry.
Дівчина лише й робила, що плакала. — aandrusiak
ruДевочка только и делала, что плакала. — odexed
Excuse me, but I feel sick.
Перепрошую, але я себе не дуже добре почуваю. — deniko
Origin
From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside oFrom Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about.
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