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- \(ˈ)eks\
- /ˈeks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- \(ˈ)eks\
Definitions of ex word
- noun ex (of goods) sold direct from. 1
- abbreviation EX ex-husband 1
- abbreviation EX ex-wife 1
- abbreviation EX ex-boyfriend 1
- abbreviation EX ex-girlfriend 1
- countable noun ex Someone's ex is the person they used to be married to or used to have a romantic or sexual relationship with. 0
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Parts of speech for Ex
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ex popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ex usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ex
noun ex
- old flame — An old flame is someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship.
- blast from the past — You can use a blast from the past as a light-hearted way of referring to something such as an old song or fashion that you hear or notice again, and which reminds you of an earlier time.
adjective ex
- former — preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
- sometime — at some indefinite or indeterminate point of time: He will arrive sometime next week.
- one-time — having been as specified at one time; former: my one-time partners.
- erstwhile — Former.
- lapsed — expired; voided; terminated: a lapsed insurance policy.
Antonyms for ex
adjective ex
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
- current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- on time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
abbreviation ex
- ilex — any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex.
Top questions with ex
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