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ex

1

[ eks ]

preposition

  1. Finance. without, not including, or without the right to have:

    ex interest; ex rights.

  2. Commerce. free of charges to the purchaser until the time of removal from a specified place or thing:

    ex ship; ex warehouse; ex elevator.

  3. (in U.S. colleges and universities) from, but not graduated with, the class of:

    ex '47.



ex-

2
  1. a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimes meaning “not” or “without” or indicating a former title, status, etc.; freely used as an English formative: exstipulate; exterritorial; ex-president (former president); ex-member; ex-wife .

ex

3

[ eks ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a former spouse or a former partner in a long-term romantic relationship; ex-wife, ex-husband, or ex-lover.

ex-

4
  1. variant of exo-.

ex

5

[ eks ]

noun

  1. the letter X, x.

ex-

6
  1. a prefix identical in meaning with ex- 1, occurring before vowels in words of Greek origin: exarch; exegesis .

ex

7

[ eks ]

adjective

, Slang.

EX

8

abbreviation for

  1. Biology, Ecology. extinct ( def 2 ).

ex.

9

abbreviation for

  1. examination.
  2. examined.
  3. example.
  4. except.
  5. exception.
  6. exchange.
  7. excursion.
  8. executed.
  9. executive.
  10. express.
  11. extra.

Ex.

10

abbreviation for

, Bible.
  1. Exodus.

ex-

1

prefix

  1. out of; outside of; from

    exurbia

    exclosure

  2. former

    ex-wife

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ex-

2

combining_form

  1. a variant of exo-

    exergonic

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Ex.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Exodus
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ex

4

/ ɛks /

noun

  1. informal.
    (a person's) former wife, husband, etc
  2. short for examination
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ex

5

/ ɛks /

preposition

  1. finance not participating in; excluding; without

    ex dividend

    ex rights

    ex bonus

  2. commerce without charge to the buyer until removed from

    ex works

    ex ship

    ex quay

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ex1

First recorded in 1835–45; from Latin; ex- 1

Origin of ex2

< Latin, combining form of ex, ē (preposition) out (of ), from, beyond

Origin of ex3

First recorded in 1820–30; by shortening

Origin of ex4

From Greek combining form of ex, ek, “out (of), from, beyond”; ec-, ex- 1

Origin of ex5

First recorded in 1920–25; by shortening
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ex1

from Latin, from ex (prep), identical in meaning and origin with Greek ex, ek; see ec-

Origin of ex2

C19: from Latin: out of, from
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Example Sentences

However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.

But almost to the man, the first thing every ex-con tells me is how hard it is to find work.

For Randy, a 50-year-old ex-Mormon gay man, this cure was a particularly bitter pill to swallow.

EURO was founded by David Duke, the ex-Klansman who ran for Louisiana governor in 1991.

According to the friend, Brinsley rang his ex-girlfriend, an Air Force reservist named Shaneka Thompson, to no avail.

The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.

Ea & hreticorum repulit iniquitatem, & Nostros in nauim non iam vt hospites, sed vt magna ex parte Dominos, potentsq imposuit.

Ex quibus apparet, qum multa omnis generis perferenda fuerint.

Seqvitvr iam ex initio propositis tertium, nimirum vt exponatur, quonam tand loco rem Christianam his in locis offenderimus.

He evinced the opposite of the temper usually ascribed to the “Shepherd-boy” —a birth-date by Ex.

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