Ex (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

preposition
  1. without, not including, or without the right to have: ex interest; ex rights.
  2. 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.
noun Informal.
  1. a former spouse or a former partner in a long-term romantic relationship; ex-wife, ex-husband, or ex-lover.
noun
  1. the letter X, x.
adjective Slang.
  1. excellent (def. 1).
abbreviation
  1. extinct (def. 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.
  1. variant of exo-.
  1. a prefix identical in meaning with ex- 1, occurring before vowels in words of Greek origin: exarch; exegesis.
abbreviation
  1. examination.
  2. examined.
  3. example.
  4. except.
  5. exception.
  6. exchange.
  7. excursion.
  8. executed.
  9. executive.
  10. express.
  11. extra.
abbreviation Bible.
  1. Exodus.
preposition
  1. not participating in; excluding; without
  2. without charge to the buyer until removed from
noun
  1. (a person's) former wife, husband, etc
  2. Canadian short for examination
prefix
  1. out of; outside of; from
  2. former
combining form
  1. a variant of exo- exergonic
abbreviation for
  1. Exodus
Ex (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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