Someone's ex is the person they used to be married to or used to have a romantic or sexual relationship with.
[informal]
He's different from my ex.
...one of her exes.
ex-
(eks-)
prefix
ex- is added to nouns to show that someone or something is no longer the thing referred to by that noun. For example, a someone's ex-husband is no longer their husband.
...my ex-wife.
Many ex-convicts can't find work.
...an ex-soldier.
ex in British English1
(ɛks)
preposition
1. finance
not participating in; excluding; without
ex bonus
ex dividend
ex rights
2. business
without charge to the buyer until removed from
ex quay
ex ship
ex works
Word origin
C19: from Latin: out of, from
ex in British English2
(ɛks)
noun
1. informal
(a person's) former wife, husband, etc
2. Canadian short for examination
Ex. in British English
Bible
abbreviation for
Exodus
Exodus in British English
(ˈɛksədəs)
noun
1. the Exodus
2.
the second book of the Old Testament, recounting the events connected with this and the divine visitation of Moses at Mount Sinai
ex- in British English1
prefix
1.
out of; outside of; from
exclosure
exurbia
2.
former
ex-wife
Word origin
from Latin, from ex (prep), identical in meaning and origin with Greek ex, ek; see ec-
ex- in British English2
combining form
a variant of exo-
exergonic
Ex in American English
Bible
Exodus
ex in American English1
(ɛks)
preposition
1.
without; exclusive of
ex dividend, ex interest
2.
out of; free of
ex warehouse means “free of charges until removed from the warehouse”
3. US
of the (specified) college class, but not having graduated with it
Wm. Jones, Yale ex '61
nounWord forms: pluralˈexes
4. Informal
one's divorced husband or wife
ex in American English2
(ɛks)
nounWord forms: pluralˈexes
the letter X
ex in American English3
1.
examined
2.
example
3.
exchange
4.
executive
5.
express
6.
extra
ex- in American English1
( for 1 ɛks; ɪks; ɛgz; ɪgz; for 2 ɛks)
1.
a.
forth, from, out
extubate
b.
beyond
exurb
c.
away from, out of
explant
d.
thoroughly
e.
upward
f.
without, not having
exsanguine
it becomes ef- before f; e- before b, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, or v; often ec- before c or s; and, in many words of French origin, es-
2.
former, previous, previously
used in hyphenated compounds
ex-president, ex-convict, ex-wife
Word origin
ME < OFr or L, akin to Gr ex-, exō-, ek- < IE base *eĝhs, out
ex- in American English2
(ɛks)
exo-
used before a vowel
Examples of 'ex' in a sentence
ex
His ex has bought this huge, detached house on a third of an acre.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
Rebecca listens, half dazed, half distracted with thoughts of her ex.