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Ex means without.

(preposition)

An example of ex used as a preposition is in the latin legal phrase "ex parte" which means by or for one party, without any of the parties having to be present.

Ex is defined as to get rid of or cross something out.

(verb)

An example of to ex is to cross an item off a shopping list.

Ex is slang and is defined as a past partner.

(noun)

An example of an ex is a husband from a previous marriage.

See ex in Webster's New World College Dictionary

without; exclusive of: ex dividend, ex interest
out of; free of: ex warehouse means “free of charges until removed from the warehouse”
☆ of the (specified) college class, but not having graduated with it: Wm. Jones, Yale ex '61

Origin: L

noun pl. exes

Informal one's divorced husband or wife

noun pl. exes

the letter X

examined
example
exchange
executive
express
extra

Bible Exodus

: it becomes ef- before f; e- before b, d, g, j, l, m, n, r, or v; often ec- before c or s; and, in many words of French origin, es-
1. forth, from, out: extubate
2. beyond: exurb
3. away from, out of: explant
4. thoroughly
5. upward
6. without, not having: exsanguine
former, previous, previously: used in hyphenated compounds: ex-president, ex-convict, ex-wife

Origin: ME < OFr or L, akin to Gr ex-, exō-, ek- < IE base *eĝhs, out

exo-: used before a vowel

See ex in American Heritage Dictionary 4

preposition

Not including; without: a stock price ex dividend.
Abbr. x. Business Free of any transport or handling charges incurred before removal from a given location: bought the goods ex warehouse.
From, but not having graduated with, the class of: a Columbia alumnus, ex '70.

Origin:

Origin: Latin; see eghs in Indo-European roots

noun

The letter x.

transitive verb exed, ex·ing, ex·es

To delete or cross out: He exed each item off the to-do list.

noun
Slang

A former spouse or partner.

Origin:

Origin: From ex-

abbreviation
Bible

Exodus