ex

Someone who used to be your husband, wife, boyfriend, or girlfriend.

• My ex lives nearby.
• She is still friends with her ex.
• Do you ever talk to your exes?

Similar words: former partner

Common phrases: my ex, someone’s ex, an ex

The name of the letter x.

• The name ends with an ex.
• She wrote a capital ex on the page.
• There are two exes in that word.

Common phrases: an ex, capital ex, lowercase ex

To remove something by deleting it or marking it with a cross.

• Ex out the wrong answer.
• She exed his name off the list.
• I’ll ex the last line before printing.

How to use it: ex something out (He exed out the extra word.)

Similar words: cross out, delete

Common phrases: ex out, ex something out

Costing a lot of money.

• That jacket is too ex.
• The hotel was a bit ex for us.
• Why is lunch here so ex?

Similar words: expensive, pricey

Opposites: cheap

Common phrases: too ex, really ex, a bit ex