ex1
[eks]
- Finance. without, not including, or without the right to have: ex interest; ex rights.
- Commerce. free of charges to the purchaser until the time of removal from a specified place or thing: ex ship; ex warehouse; ex elevator.
- (in U.S. colleges and universities) from, but not graduated with, the class of: ex '47.
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Origin of ex1
1835–45; < L. See ex-1
ex2
[eks]
- the letter X, x.
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ex3
[eks]
- a former spouse or a former partner in a long-term romantic relationship; ex-wife, ex-husband, or ex-lover.
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Origin of ex3
First recorded in 1820–30; by shortening
ex4
[eks]
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Origin of ex4
by shortening
ex.
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ex-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.
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Origin of ex-1
< Latin, combining form of ex, ē (preposition) out (of), from, beyond
ex-2
- variant of exo-.
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ex-3
- a prefix identical in meaning with ex- 1, occurring before vowels in words of Greek origin: exarch; exegesis.
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Also ec-.
Origin of ex-3
Ex.
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Examples from the Web for ex
Contemporary Examples
According to Hennadi Moskal of the Ukrainian police, Girkin is an ex warrant officer in the GRU.
It was potentially an awesome sum, 50 percent of which would go to his ex.
NRA defends the constitutional right to something similar, ex post facto.
The one where he yelled at his ex, Vienna, until she cried.
Rebound sex can also be a great opportunity to make up for what someone lacked when they were with their ex.
Historical Examples
The ex Governor's warmth had been somewhat cooled by the unexpected interruption.
The ManxmanHall Caine
If this is not the system of the party, they have none, and act ‘ex tempore.’
Patrick HenryMoses Coit Tyler
The priest was ex officio, but Captain Dwyer was a gentleman, born and bred.
Arthur O'LearyCharles James Lever
Ex parte: on one side; an ex parte statement is a statement on one side only.
The VerbalistThomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
The traditions on the subject are unsupported, ex parte, and legendary.
A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd'Moulavi Gergh Ali
ex1
- finance not participating in; excluding; withoutex bonus; ex dividend; ex rights
- commerce without charge to the buyer until removed fromex quay; ex ship; ex works
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin: out of, from
ex2
- informal (a person's) former wife, husband, etc
- Canadian short for examination
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ex-1
- out of; outside of; fromexclosure; exurbia
- formerex-wife
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Word Origin
from Latin, from ex (prep), identical in meaning and origin with Greek ex, ek; see ec-
ex-2
- a variant of exo- exergonic
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Ex.
- Exodus
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Word Origin and History for ex
n.
1827, originally short for ex-Catholic; ultimately from Latin ex (see ex-). Since 1929 as abbreviation for ex-wife, ex-husband, etc. Also used in some commercial senses for "from, out of."
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ex-
word-forming element, in English meaning mainly "out of, from," but also "upwards, completely, deprive of, without," and "former;" from Latin ex "out of, from within," from PIE *eghs "out" (cf. Gaulish ex-, Old Irish ess-, Old Church Slavonic izu, Russian iz). In some cases also from Greek cognate ex, ek. PIE *eghs had comparative form *eks-tero and superlative *eks-t(e)r-emo-.
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ex-
- Outside; out of; away from:excementosis.
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