Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, humorous, rare)Use the word "but".

    But me no buts.

Examples

27184 sentences

  1. Have fun, but don't get lost.

    Розважайся, але на загубись. — deniko

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  2. It is nothing but a joke.

    Це лише жарт. — aandrusiak

    ruЭто всего лишь шутка. — drnm2

    deEs ist bloß ein Witz. — xtofu80

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  3. It was nothing but a joke.

    Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese

    ruЭто была всего лишь шутка. — Arkadeko

    deEs war nur ein Witz. — Kerstin

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  4. The girl did nothing but cry.

    Дівчина лише й робила, що плакала. — aandrusiak

    ruДевочка только и делала, что плакала. — odexed

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  5. Excuse me, but I feel sick.

    Перепрошую, але я себе не дуже добре почуваю. — deniko

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Origin

From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside o

From 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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Forms

buts, butting, butted, butted
Base formbut · to but
3rd person singularbuts
Present participlebutting
Past simplebutted
Past participlebutted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybut
he, she, itbuts

Past simpleLesson

all personsbutted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave butted
he, she, ithas butted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill but

Word family

13 related words
Derivedall butanything butbut forbut goodbut heybut ifbut thatbut thencannot butnot butnothing butsilent-but-violentthough but

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • do that but
  • no choice but
  • choice but to
  • couldn't help but
  • choice but
  • nothing but
  • sorry but
  • every day but
  • but no one
  • did nothing but
  • the door but
  • no one but

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bustleB2busyA1butcherB1butler

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