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.

1. excellent ( def 1 ).

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

ex-

²

combining_form

1. a variant of exo-

   exergonic

Ex.

³

abbreviation for

1. Exodus

ex

⁴

/ ɛks /

noun

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

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

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

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Ex quibus apparet, qum multa omnis generis perferenda fuerint.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• earlier
• early
• late
• old
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• previous
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