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common
/eks/
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Translation
ex, former partner
Word origin
From Latin ex ('out of, from, former'). The same element gives English exit and exclude.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ex
- English cognates
- exit, exclude
Grammar
Gendercommon
Pluralexes
Examples
barrio.
My ex still lives in the same neighbourhood.
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I saw my ex at the party and it was very strange.
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She speaks very little about her ex.
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Her ex is still a good friend.
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I do not want to know anything about my ex.
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