ex

Multiple Entries:
  ex    Ex.    ex-  

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ex1

▶preposition Brit.

• 1 (of goods) sold direct from.

• 2 without; excluding.

– origin C19: from L., ‘out of’.

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ex2

▶noun informal a former husband, wife, or other partner in a relationship.

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Ex.

▶abbreviation Exodus (in biblical references).

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ex-1 (also e-; ef- before f)

▶prefix

• 1 out: exclude.

• 2 upward: extol.

• 3 thoroughly: excruciate.

• 4 denoting removal or release: excommunicate.

• 5 forming verbs which denote inducement of a state: exasperate.

• 6 denoting a former state: ex-husband.

– origin from L. ex ‘out of’.

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ex-2

▶prefix out: exodus.

– origin from Gk ex ‘out of’.