ex : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
  

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• adverb with the full authority of the office
  
  • the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible

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• adjective satellite as a favor; not compelled by legal right
  
  • ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers

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• noun a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted
  bookplate.
  

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• adjective satellite by virtue of an office or position
  
  • the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board
• adverb by virtue of position
  by right of office.
  
  • the president sat on the committee ex officio

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Ex` of*fi"ci*o

Etymology

L.

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plural Ex officiis

Definitions

1. From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.

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Ex` par"te

Etymology

L. See Ex-, and Part.

Definitions

1. Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

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• adjective satellite affecting things past
  retro; retroactive.
  
  • retroactive tax increase
  • an ex-post-facto law
  • retro pay

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• adverb without preparation
  off-hand.
  
  • I don't know the figures off-hand

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• adjective in an artificial environment outside the living organism
  in vitro.
  
  • in vitro fertilization
• adverb in an artificial environment outside the living organism
  in vitro.
  
  • an egg fertilized in vitro

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Ex-

Definitions

1. . A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or é-; as, escape, scape, élite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.

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• noun a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend
  

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• adjective satellite (of telephone numbers) not listed in the telephone directory
  
  • an ex-directory number" (British usage)

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• noun a former gambler
  

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• noun a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
  ex.
  

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• noun a former mayor
  

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Ex`-of*fi"cial adjective

Definitions

1. Proceeding from office or authority.

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Ex-per`i-men"ta*tive adjective

Definitions

1. Experimental; of the nature of experiment. R.

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• noun a former president
  

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• noun a person who has served in the armed forces
  veteran; vet.
  

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• noun a person who was formerly a spouse
  

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Ex`-vo"to noun

Etymology

L. ex out of, in accordance with + voto, abl. of votum a vow.

Wordforms

plural Ex-votos

Definitions

1. An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

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• noun a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
  ex.
  
  • all his exes live in Texas

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