Ex
noun
Someone's former spouse, partner, or lover.
I saw my ex at the party last night.
Often appears as...
- ex-boyfriend
- ex-girlfriend
prefix
Not; without; lacking.
Extraterrestrial life is life that originates outside of Earth.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
abbreviation
Short form for 'example'.
E.g., or ex., means for example
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
prefix
Former; former holder of an office or position.
Our ex-president recently released a memoir.
Often appears as...
- ex-president
- ex-boss
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
Someone's former spouse, partner, or lover.
I saw my ex at the party last night.
Often appears as...
- ex-boyfriend
- ex-girlfriend
prefix
Not; without; lacking.
Extraterrestrial life is life that originates outside of Earth.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
abbreviation
Short form for 'example'.
E.g., or ex., means for example
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
prefix
Former; former holder of an office or position.
Our ex-president recently released a memoir.
Often appears as...
- ex-president
- ex-boss
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Using 'ex' can evoke emotions; be sensitive to the listener's feelings.
Talking about your ex might upset someone who's still healing.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
The word 'ex' is often neutral but context can make it positive or negative.
My ex and I are still good friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Specificity
'Ex' doesn't specify the nature of the past relationship unless paired with another word.
He's my ex versus He's my ex-partner.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Using 'ex' can evoke emotions; be sensitive to the listener's feelings.
Talking about your ex might upset someone who's still healing.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
The word 'ex' is often neutral but context can make it positive or negative.
My ex and I are still good friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Specificity
'Ex' doesn't specify the nature of the past relationship unless paired with another word.
He's my ex versus He's my ex-partner.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Using 'ex' can evoke emotions; be sensitive to the listener's feelings.
Talking about your ex might upset someone who's still healing.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
The word 'ex' is often neutral but context can make it positive or negative.
My ex and I are still good friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Specificity
'Ex' doesn't specify the nature of the past relationship unless paired with another word.
He's my ex versus He's my ex-partner.
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How long does it take to...
Yeah, that changed nothing at all for them. Overall, the researchers concluded, and I'm not using the scientific language here, that concentrating on the bad things about your ex can help you to feel less in love. While distracting yourself with other subjects, as my therapist suggested, can actually make you feel better.
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
But luckily, we got help from the brain itself. It turned out that all we need to do is basically to let the brain form a memory, and then the brain will tell us which cells are involved in that particular memory. So what was going on in my brain while I was recalling the memory of an ex?
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Releasing the Marmosets...
out of their winter quarters this is for the people in Mama's ex it's a bit of their breakfast and we're gonna release them today they come out they stay in a winter and then we let them out about may time looking sunny and let them out a little bit all this greenery which is
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
biology but this was a real big event for me this painting my first on a piece of canvas my mother was an art teacher my father a postman ex engineer they just told us to do things something satisfying in life make no small plans well I didn't really come to fruition
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Why does the universe...
because God created it. And God created, indeed, out of nothing at all. That's how powerful God is. He doesn't need any preexisting materials to fashion a world out of. He can make it out of sheer nothingness, creation ex nihilo. And by the way, this is what
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How to fix a broken...
with every trip down memory lane, every text you send, every second you spend stalking your ex on social media, you are just feeding your addiction, deepening your emotional pain and complicating your recovery. Getting over heartbreak is not a journey.
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
enough others invest in friendships that don't serve them because they fear loneliness many run themselves ragged so they don't have to feel when I look back at where I lost the most time hands-down it was - relationship drama with my ex I
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The true power of the...
unique body types ex expectations of personalization and customization that the live performing arts which have set curtain times set venues attended inconveniences of travel parking and the like simply cannot meet and we're all acutely
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Can we choose to fall...
And this was important. We could track all of the activity when I looked at the control and when I looked at my ex, and it was in comparing these data sets that we'd be able to find the love alone,
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
in your heart of hearts do you really believe that you are helping deliver that exciting future ex and for others i'm trying my hardest to do so
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How long does it take to...
Yeah, that changed nothing at all for them. Overall, the researchers concluded, and I'm not using the scientific language here, that concentrating on the bad things about your ex can help you to feel less in love. While distracting yourself with other subjects, as my therapist suggested, can actually make you feel better.
Video examples
Steve Ramirez and Xu...
But luckily, we got help from the brain itself. It turned out that all we need to do is basically to let the brain form a memory, and then the brain will tell us which cells are involved in that particular memory. So what was going on in my brain while I was recalling the memory of an ex?
Video examples
Releasing the Marmosets...
out of their winter quarters this is for the people in Mama's ex it's a bit of their breakfast and we're gonna release them today they come out they stay in a winter and then we let them out about may time looking sunny and let them out a little bit all this greenery which is
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
biology but this was a real big event for me this painting my first on a piece of canvas my mother was an art teacher my father a postman ex engineer they just told us to do things something satisfying in life make no small plans well I didn't really come to fruition
Video examples
Why does the universe...
because God created it. And God created, indeed, out of nothing at all. That's how powerful God is. He doesn't need any preexisting materials to fashion a world out of. He can make it out of sheer nothingness, creation ex nihilo. And by the way, this is what
Video examples
How to fix a broken...
with every trip down memory lane, every text you send, every second you spend stalking your ex on social media, you are just feeding your addiction, deepening your emotional pain and complicating your recovery. Getting over heartbreak is not a journey.
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
enough others invest in friendships that don't serve them because they fear loneliness many run themselves ragged so they don't have to feel when I look back at where I lost the most time hands-down it was - relationship drama with my ex I
Video examples
The true power of the...
unique body types ex expectations of personalization and customization that the live performing arts which have set curtain times set venues attended inconveniences of travel parking and the like simply cannot meet and we're all acutely
Video examples
Can we choose to fall...
And this was important. We could track all of the activity when I looked at the control and when I looked at my ex, and it was in comparing these data sets that we'd be able to find the love alone,
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
in your heart of hearts do you really believe that you are helping deliver that exciting future ex and for others i'm trying my hardest to do so
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Quote examples
Matt Barnes
American Athlete
Co-parenting is probably the toughest situation that I've had to deal with because my ex and I really just don't get along. So, at the end of the day, I would tell any parents listening that once you're separated from your significant other - the father of your children, the mother of your children - the most important thing is the kids' happiness.
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Jeannie Mai
American Celebrity
One thing he always said, and I love this quote and I really believe it, my ex said, 'You don't truly know a person until they don't get what they want. That's when they show you who they are.' You wouldn't think that the person you were married to and were with for 10 years and taught you the quote would be the best number one example to prove it.
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Paul Rust
American Actor
In real life, a relationship takes a long time. Either somebody is involved with somebody else, and that's ending, or somebody's hung up on an ex, or your job isn't going right, and so you're focused more on that than relationships. It just takes a lot for two people to get together.
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Jillian Rose Reed
American Actress
In high school, sometimes you just can't help who you have a crush on and who you fall for! If you fall for one of your friend's exes, for example, it's really all about communication and telling your friend. Hiding it is never a good thing.
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Regina King
American Actress
It's kind of crazy to think that I've now been divorced longer than I was married, but I appreciate the journey, because it brought my ex and I back to a friendship that helped us become great co-parents.
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Marc Anthony
American Musician
Being Puerto Rican, born and raised on the streets of New York, you go, 'Wow, you're still friends with your ex, man? Really? That's weird.' I don't play that.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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Elizabeth Reaser
American Actress
I pretty much adore all my exes. I try to stay friends with them if I can.
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Cher
American Musician
I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands.
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Lance Bass
American Musician
I don't want to have so many exes.
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Matt Barnes
American Athlete
Co-parenting is probably the toughest situation that I've had to deal with because my ex and I really just don't get along. So, at the end of the day, I would tell any parents listening that once you're separated from your significant other - the father of your children, the mother of your children - the most important thing is the kids' happiness.
Quote examples
Jeannie Mai
American Celebrity
One thing he always said, and I love this quote and I really believe it, my ex said, 'You don't truly know a person until they don't get what they want. That's when they show you who they are.' You wouldn't think that the person you were married to and were with for 10 years and taught you the quote would be the best number one example to prove it.
Quote examples
Paul Rust
American Actor
In real life, a relationship takes a long time. Either somebody is involved with somebody else, and that's ending, or somebody's hung up on an ex, or your job isn't going right, and so you're focused more on that than relationships. It just takes a lot for two people to get together.
Quote examples
Jillian Rose Reed
American Actress
In high school, sometimes you just can't help who you have a crush on and who you fall for! If you fall for one of your friend's exes, for example, it's really all about communication and telling your friend. Hiding it is never a good thing.
Quote examples
Regina King
American Actress
It's kind of crazy to think that I've now been divorced longer than I was married, but I appreciate the journey, because it brought my ex and I back to a friendship that helped us become great co-parents.
Quote examples
Marc Anthony
American Musician
Being Puerto Rican, born and raised on the streets of New York, you go, 'Wow, you're still friends with your ex, man? Really? That's weird.' I don't play that.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Reaser
American Actress
I pretty much adore all my exes. I try to stay friends with them if I can.
Quote examples
Cher
American Musician
I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands.
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Lance Bass
American Musician
I don't want to have so many exes.
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