English Explanatory Dictionary

ex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
verb
  1. To delete; to cross out.
  2. To extinguish the life of.
noun
  1. A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.
adj
  1. Ex-, former, previously but no longer.
  2. Ex-, former, previously but no longer. My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school.
  3. My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school.
adj
  1. the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.
adj
  1. expensive, dear
noun
  1. Clipping of exhibition.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of ex.
noun
  1. Initialism of employee experience.

Pronunciation

/ɛks/ en-us-ex.ogg

Word forms

ex exes exing exed more ex most ex

Etymology

From Latin ex.

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

Related words

X cum-ex dea ex machina deus ex machina ex abundante cautela ex ante ex-ante ex cathedra ex cetera ex contractu ex copula ex delicto ex dividend ex facie ex falso quod libet ex gratia ex hypothesi ex juris ex-lap ex-lax fish ex-libris ex negativo ex nihilo ex nihilo nihil fit ex nunc ex-officialex-post ex officio ex opere operato ex parte ex post ex post facto ex professo ex proprio motu ex proprio vigore ex rerum natura ex situ ex-stock ex stock ex tempore ex testamento ex tunc ex vi termini ex vitro ex vivo ex-voto ex wife ex-Yu vaticinium ex eventu

Derived words

exray ex-ray
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