ex.

ɛks

Definition

Definition of ex. - Reverso English Dictionary

Abbreviation

abr: exampleused to show an example or sample

See ex. 4 for more details.
Refer to ex. 2 in your textbook.
Ex. 7 illustrates the main concept.

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Origin of ex.

Latin ex (out of)

Terms with ex. included in their meaning

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former worker

ex-employee

person who used to work at a job

alimony

family law

court-required payments to ex-partner during separation or after divorce

former teammate

sports

ex-colleague from a sports team

old boy

alumnus

male ex-pupil of a school

old girl

alumna

female ex-pupil of a school

Tippex

abbr.

abr: Tipp-Ex

white liquid used to cover writing mistakes

CEMB

abbr.

abr: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain

group supporting people who left Islam in Britain

Colonel Blimp

stereotype

pompous ex-military man opposed to new ideas

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French:ex., ...
German:Bsp., ...
Italian:es., ...
Spanish:ej., ...
Portuguese:ex., ...
Chinese:例, ...
Japanese:例, ...
Arabic:مِثْ, ...
Hebrew:לְדוּגְ', ...
Russian:прим., ...
Ukrainian:прикл., ...
Hindi:उदा., ...
Bengali:উদা., ...
Catalan:ex., ...
Czech:např., ...
Danish:eks., ...
Dutch:vb., ...
Greek:π.χ., ...
Hungarian:p., ...
Khmer:អក្សរកាត់សម្រាប់ ឧទាហរណ៍, ...
Korean:예, ...
Persian:مثال, ...
Polish:przykł., ...
Portuguese (BR):ex., ...
Romanian:ex., ...
Swedish:ex., ...
Thai:ตัวอย., ...
Turkish:örn., ...
Vietnamese:vd., ...

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