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ex

/ɛks/

Translations

exnoun

exes

/ɛks/

exPartenaire ou conjoint(e) précédent(e), en langage familier.

I ran into my ex at the grocery store yesterday.

J’ai croisé mon ex au supermarché hier.

Additional translations

exerciceAbréviation utilisée dans les manuels et les sujets d’examen.

Synonyms

erstwhile partner

former spouse

former lover

former boyfriend

former girlfriend

old flame

past lover

previous partner

previous spouse

onetime partner

former beau

previous flame

past partner

former partner

expreposition

/ɛks/

horsS’emploie surtout dans le langage commercial et financier.

The quoted price is $12,000 ex tax.

Le prix indiqué est de 12 000 $ hors taxes.

Additional translations

deDans les locutions latines employées en anglais.

exnoun

A former partner in a romantic relationship.

I ran into my ex at the grocery store yesterday.

An exercise or example in a textbook, exam paper, worksheet, etc.; abbreviation of "exercise" or "example".

Copy the answer from ex 4 into your notebook.

expreposition

Without; excluding; free of (used chiefly in commercial or financial contexts).

The quoted price is $12,000 ex tax.

From; out of (used chiefly in Latin phrases employed in English).

In ex libris, the phrase literally means "from the books".