How do you pronounce accept and except?

When properly and carefully pronounced, accept and except have slightly different pronunciations of their initial vowels: accept is pronounced /ækˈsɛpt/, while except is pronounced /ɪkˈsɛpt/.

How do you pronounce the word except?

What is the meaning of except?

transitive verb. : to take or leave out from a number or a whole : exclude. intransitive verb. : to take exception : object. except.

Is the T silent in exactly?

When the T and D sounds come between two other consonant sounds, many Americans will drop them. But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You’ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly.