ex

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US /ɛks/ UK /ɛks/ See IPA manual

Homophones

Minimal pairs

Sounds like ax /ɛ/ vs /æ/ Sounds like axe /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Meanings

1

noun
(informal) a former spouse or partner

She ran into her ex at the coffee shop.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · (informal) a former spouse... former partnerformer spouse

Common collocations

ex-girlfriend Adjective + noun

Etymology

A noun use of the prefix ex-, from Latin ex 'out of, from, former', here abstracted from compounds like ex-husband, ex-wife.

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Topics

Grammar & Function Words Register & Style

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