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be no exception

be no exception verb: to be usual, not out of the ordinary; to follow an established pattern.

Verb

be no exception (third-person singular simple present is no exception, present participle being no exception, simple past was no exception, past participle been no exception)

  1. To be usual, not out of the ordinary; to follow an established pattern.
    • All of his novels are great, and this one was no exception.

Forms of be no exception

third-person singular presentis no exception
present participlebeing no exception
pastwas no exception
past participlebeen no exception

Questions about be no exception

What does be no exception mean?
Be no exception means to be usual, not out of the ordinary; to follow an established pattern.
What part of speech is be no exception?
Be no exception is a verb.
What is the past tense of be no exception?
The past tense of be no exception is was no exception.

Words near be no exception in the dictionary

  1. be like
  2. be lost to the four winds
  3. be mother
  4. be mum
  5. be my guest
  6. be no exception
  7. be no match for
  8. be no stranger to
  9. be not to know
  10. be off with you
  11. be on

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