English Explanatory Dictionary

X

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. An unknown quantity or unknown value.
name
  1. A placeholder for an unknown, suppressed or hypothetical name.
  2. A surname, used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper ancestral names, erased or forgotten.
  3. An online social media network, formerly known as Twitter.
  4. The X Window System, a windowing system for bitmap displays commonly used in Unix-like systems.
character
  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or write in lieu of a signature.
  2. The spot behind the goal.
adj
  1. Intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents).
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of ex (“to delete; to cross out”).
noun
  1. Ecstasy, a particular street drug.
adj
  1. Suitable only for those aged sixteen or (later) eighteen years and over.
  2. Obscene; adult; pornographic; XXX.
name
  1. Christ
noun
  1. Cross, crossing.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of extreme.
character
  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
  2. Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary (in passports and identification documents)”).
num
  1. An unknown or unspecified number of.
conj
  1. Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
  2. Used in place of and in artist collaborations.

Pronunciation

/ɛks/ en-us-X.ogg /ks/ /ɡz/ /kʃ/ /ɡʒ/ /z/ /ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-X.wav

Word forms

X Xs X's Xing Xed Xes more X most X

Etymology

Introduced by René Descartes in the context of mathematical notation, but has since widened to other contexts.

Related words

x 𝕏 @ -x x-caboquinho x-cat-ik

Derived words

Ancestor X ATR-X syndrome cardiac syndrome X double X Generation X Malcolm X tea Planet X X chromosome X factor X-machine X-outing 45,X 45,X0 triple X syndrome X-ALD X-linked X-linked gene X-linked trait XX XXX XXXX Algorithm X Australian X disease brand X hepatitis X Hosta virus X potato virus X xeet Xitler Xitter xvideo Talcum X X marks the spot X out XO XOXO Xian Xianity Xmas X-mas Xmastide Xt Xtian Xtianity Xtina Xtopher ped xing xdress xdresser xing X-talk -x x-risk x-word moto-x x- x-dressing x-height x-wing x-axis
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