ex

ex 2[eks] Examples noun

1. the letter X, x.

ex 3[eks] noun Informal.

1. a former spouse or a former partner in a long-term romantic relationship; ex-wife, ex-husband, or ex-lover.

Origin of ex 3First recorded in 1820–30; by shortening Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exes Contemporary Examples of exes

My exes were more concerned with my well-being because of everything I was going through.

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Aurora Snow

November 26, 2014

Rachel falls in love with Paul, and now exes Ross and Rachel are dating a daughter and her father.

15 Times ‘Friends’ Was Really, Really Weird

Kevin Fallon

September 18, 2014

Do you know how many people in the world have exes who are now married?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Got Married and We’re Worried About Jennifer Aniston

Kevin Fallon, Tim Teeman

August 28, 2014

Cookbook author, ‘Extra’ host, jewelry line, ‘Basketball Wives’—we all know the trajectory for celebrity spouses and exes.

How Elin Nordegren Became a Trophy Wife Role Model

Keli Goff

May 12, 2014

There is the timing, the comparisons to exes and an overwhelming feeling that nothing feels the way it should.

A Real Housewife Gets Real About Sex, Dating, and Widowhood

Justin Jones

February 11, 2014

Historical Examples of exes

And the capital was too small altogether for a London show; the exes were awful!

The Man Who Was Good

Leonard Merrick

A mean-spirited little rascal, with no ideas beyond the price of a bill-stamp and overcharging what he called his ‘exes.’

A Traitor’s Wooing

Headon Hill

I sold the lot to old Pardy for a fiver and paid for my boots, deposit on shares and separator, and exes.

From Chart House to Bush Hut

Charles W. L. Bryde

British Dictionary definitions for exes ex 1 preposition

1. finance not participating in; excluding; withoutex bonus; ex dividend; ex rights
2. commerce without charge to the buyer until removed fromex quay; ex ship; ex works

Word Origin for ex C19: from Latin: out of, from ex 2 noun

1. informal (a person’s) former wife, husband, etc
2. Canadian short for examination

Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for exes ex n.

1827, originally short for ex-Catholic; ultimately from Latin ex (see ex-). Since 1929 as abbreviation for ex-wife, ex-husband, etc. Also used in some commercial senses for “from, out of.”

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper