ex: Meaning and Definition of

ex

Pronunciation: (eks), [key]
  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.

ex

Pronunciation: (eks), [key]
  1. the letter X, x.

ex

Pronunciation: (eks), [key]
  1. a former spouse; ex-wife or ex-husband.

ex

Pronunciation: (eks), [key]
  1. excellent (def. 1).

ex-

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimes imparting a privative or negative force or indicating a former title, status, etc.; freely used as an English formative:(former president); ex-member; ex-wife. exstipulate; exterritorial; ex-president

ex-

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. var. of

ex-

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a prefix identical in meaning withoccurring before vowels in words of Greek origin: exarch; exegesis.

Ex.

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. Exodus.

ex.

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. examination.
  2. examined.
  3. example.
  4. except.
  5. exception.
  6. exchange.
  7. excursion.
  8. executed.
  9. executive.
  10. express.
  11. extra.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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  • ex (Thesaurus)