adj
Meaning 1
Ex-, former, previously but no longer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ex
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛks/
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adj
Meaning 2
Ex-, former, previously but no longer. My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school.
My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
expensive, dear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, colloquial
Examples
- It's too ex.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- My friend has an ex who now lives abroad.
- Her ex is still sending her flowers, even though she has moved on.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Clipping of exhibition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative letter-case form of ex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Initialism of employee experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: business
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To delete; to cross out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 11
To extinguish the life of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, ex, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, grease, knock off, lay waste to, make away with, merc, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, pop off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put someone out of their misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, shut up, slay, slaughter, slime out, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top off, top, torpedo, take care of, take down, take out, waste, wax, wet, whack, wipe out, wreck
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
out of fashion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a suit of rather antique appearance
- demode (or outmoded) attire
- outmoded ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: X
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
noun
Meaning 14
a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- all his exes live in Texas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ex-wife
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woman, adult female
noun
Meaning 15
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ex-husband
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man, adult male
History
Etymology
Standalone use of prefix ex-.
From Latin ex (“out of, from”); originated as a telegraphic abbreviation.
Clipping of expensive.
From Latin ex.
From the fact that crossing something out often results in the shape of the letter X.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِكْس (ʔiks) — name of the letter X, x
- Arabic: إِكْس (ʔeks) — name of the letter X, x
- Asturian: equis — name of the letter X, x
- Asturian: xe — name of the letter X, x
- Basque: ixa — name of the letter X, x
- Bengali: এক্স (ekśo) — name of the letter X, x
- Bulgarian: хикс (hiks) — name of the letter X, x
- Catalan: ics — name of the letter X, x
- Catalan: xeix — name of the letter X, x
- Esperanto: ikso — name of the letter X, x
- Finnish: äks — name of the letter X, x
- Finnish: äksä — name of the letter X, x
- French: ixe — name of the letter X, x
- Galician: xe — name of the letter X, x
- German: Ix — name of the letter X, x
- German: Iks — name of the letter X, x
- Greek: εξ (ex) — name of the letter X, x
- Hawaiian: kesa — name of the letter X, x
- Hindi: एक्स (eks) — name of the letter X, x
- Icelandic: ex — name of the letter X, x
- Ido: xe — name of the letter X, x
- Irish: eacs — name of the letter X, x
- Italian: ics — name of the letter X, x
- Japanese: エックス (ekkusu) — name of the letter X, x
- Korean: 엑스 (ekseu) — name of the letter X, x
- Latin: ix — name of the letter X, x
- Latin: īx — name of the letter X, x
- Latin: ex — name of the letter X, x
- Malay: eks — name of the letter X, x
- Marathi: एक्स (eksa) — name of the letter X, x
- Occitan: ixa — name of the letter X, x
- Persian: ایکس (iks) — name of the letter X, x
- Polish: iks — name of the letter X, x
- Portuguese: xis — name of the letter X, x
- Russian: экс (eks) — name of the letter X, x
- Russian: икс (iks) — name of the letter X, x
- Spanish: equis — name of the letter X, x
- Swedish: ex — name of the letter X, x
- Tagalog: eks — name of the letter X, x
- Thai: เอกซ์ (ék) — name of the letter X, x
- Turkish: iks — name of the letter X, x
- Vietnamese: ích — name of the letter X, x
- Vietnamese: xờ — name of the letter X, x
- Vietnamese: xờ nhẹ — name of the letter X, x
- Welsh: ecs — name of the letter X, x
- Bulgarian: бивш (bivš) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Bulgarian: бивша (bivša) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Catalan: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Chinese Cantonese: 前度 (cin4 dou6) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Chinese Mandarin: 前任 (qiánrèn) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Czech: bývalý — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Czech: bývalá — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Dutch: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Finnish: eksä — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Finnish: exä — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- French: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Galician: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- German: Ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Greek: πρώην (próin) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Hebrew: אקס (éks) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Hebrew: אקסית (éksit) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Hungarian: volt — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Icelandic: fyrrverandi — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Indonesian: mantan — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Irish: iarchéile — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Irish: iarpháirtí — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Irish: iarleannán — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Italian: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Japanese: 元交際相手 (motokōsaiaite) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Japanese: 元カレ (motokare) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Japanese: 元カノ (motokano) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Māori: o mua — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Norwegian: eks — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Polish: eks — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Polish: były — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Polish: była — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Portuguese: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Romanian: fostul — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Russian: экс (eks) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Russian: бы́вший (bývšij) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Russian: бы́вшая (bývšaja) — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: bivši — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: bivša — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Spanish: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse
- Swedish: ex — colloquial: former partner or spouse