exex /eks/ noun [countable usually singular] 
I bumped into my ex in town.
WORD ORIGINex
Origin:
1800-1900 ex-EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I didn't know my ex was going to be at the party.
- As an ex employee, he's loyal to the company, even though it made him redundant after 34 years.
- For many women, it seems, the power of the ex continues from beyond the long-filled grave of romance.
- In relation to such a claim the ex turpi causa defence could have had no application.
- She had a husband, a great brawny brute of an ex R.A.F. pilot who knocked her about.
- We also examined whether upward expansion actually occurred in the background colonic mucosa by ex vivo autoradiography.
- We might refer to this as the ex ante demand for bank lending.
- What if I told you Nicola Schreider is my ex -fiancée?
THESAURUS
a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: · Josh was my first boyfriend.
the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: · Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that married couples get.· Partners are also welcome.
the man whom a woman is going to marry: · Her fiancé was killed in the war.
someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them: · A few nights later, they became lovers.
informal a woman’s former husband or boyfriend: · Her ex has caused a lot of trouble for her.
informal someone who was your boyfriend in the past: · In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of her old flames.
informal a woman’s husband or boyfriend: · She’ll always stand by her man.
old-fashioned the person that you love: · They were childhood sweethearts.
old-fashioned a woman’s boyfriend or lover – a very old-fashioned use: · Does she have a beau?
informal humorous a young man who is having a sexual relationship with an older woman: · A woman with a toy boy gets a lot more disapproving looks than a man with a younger woman.
informal an older man who gives a younger woman presents and money in return for their company and often for sex: · I can imagine her cashing checks from some mysterious sugar daddy.
if you are going out with a boy or man, you have him as your boyfriend: · She’s been going out with Jack for a couple of months.
→ girlfriend a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: · Katherine was his first girlfriend.
the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: · He brought his partner along to the party.
informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past: · I found a love letter from one of his old flames.
a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with even though he is married to someone else. Often used when the man is famous or powerful: · The president had a mistress for many years.
someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to: · He was going to meet his secret lover.
the woman who a man is going to marry: · Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year.
informal a man’s former wife or girlfriend: · My ex looks after the children on Thursdays.
if you are going out with a girl or woman, she is your girlfriend: · She’s going out with a guy she met at work.
WORD SETSbaby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES After several threatening calls, we decided to go ex-directory. one of my ex-girlfriends (=former girlfriends) He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
informal someone’s former wife, husband, girlfriend, or boyfriend: After several threatening calls, we decided to go ex-directory. one of my ex-girlfriends (=former girlfriends) He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend.· Thus in principle there exist mechanisms for ex post settling up.
· In relation to such a claim the ex turpi causa defence could have had no application.
I bumped into my ex in town.