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ex
/ɛks/
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What does ex mean?
noun
- The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
verb
- To delete; to cross out.
- (slang) To extinguish the life of.
More meanings (8)
noun
- A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.
- Clipping of exhibition.
- Alternative letter-case form of ex.
- Initialism of employee experience.
adjective
- Ex-, former, previously but no longer.
- My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school.
- the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.
- expensive, dear
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IPA pronunciation
/ɛks/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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"O vitæ Philosophia dux! O virtutum indagatrix expultrixque vitiorum! Unus dies, bene et ex præceptis tuis actus, peccanti immortalitati est anteponendus."
The right of property, provided it can have a cause, can have but one--Dominium non potest nisi ex una causa contingere.
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The prevailing doctrine that man was created ex abrupto had placed history in an isolated position, disconnected with the sciences of nature.
The prepositions a or ab, absque, coram, cum, de e or ex, prae, pro, sine, tenus, in, subter, sub and super govern the ablative.
Thus the Government is empowered to give an annuity for a certain number of years in ex- change for permanent stock in the Funds.