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ex

noun
/ɛks/

Etymology

From the fact that crossing something out often results in the shape of the letter X.

  1. derived from ex — “out of, from”

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin script letter X/x.

    • Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.

  2. To delete

    To delete; to cross out.

  3. To extinguish the life of.

    • You upset cuz your friend got exed I got pissed cuz my bro got knifed
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A former partner or spouse

      A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.

      • My friend has an ex who now lives abroad.
      • Her ex is still sending her flowers, even though she has moved on.
      • "It's going to be a lovely party!" said Kay. "Nevile and I, and Nevile's Ex, and some Malayan planter who's home on leave."

    2. Ex-, former, previously but no longer.

    3. Ex-, former, previously but no longer. My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at…

      Ex-, former, previously but no longer. My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school.

    4. the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location.

      • The train was the 12.40 p.m. ex Derby on January 14th, 1914
      • All trains from start of service up to the 13.57 ex Norwich (16.45 ex Nottingham) are 4 cars between Nottingham and Liverpool and all East bound trains are 4 cars from Liverpool Lime Street as far as Nottingham.

    5. expensive, dear

      • It's too ex.

    6. Clipping of exhibition.

    7. Alternative letter-case form of ex.

    8. Initialism of employee experience.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA