xnoun
uk/eks/us/eks/x noun (AMOUNT)
[ U ] used to represent a number, or the name of person or thing that is not known or stated:
If 2x = 8, then x = 4.
Witness x stated that she had seen Cooper on repeated occasions.
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Mathematical symbols
- addition sign
- degree
- division sign
- equal sign
- expression
- foot
- minus
- multiplication sign
- pi
- placeholder
- plus
- point
- subtraction sign
- y
x noun (KISS)
[ C ] plural x's used at the end of an informal piece of writing to represent a kiss:
Write soon, all my love, Katy xxx
x noun (MISTAKE)
[ C ] plural x's written on an answer to a question to show that the answer is not correct
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Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomaly
- awry
- bark
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doing sth idiom
- imprecise
- improper
- impropriety
- invalid 1
- irregular
- mis-
- misspeak
- mistaken
- off beam
- quarrel with sth
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xverb [ T ]
uk/eks/us/eks/present tense x's, present participle x'ing, past tense and past participle x'ed USto remove something from a list:
I x'ed out all the names of the people I wouldn't be sending cards to.
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Deleting writing
- blank
- blank sth out
- cross
- cross sb/sth off (sth)
- cross sth out
- delete
- deletion
- edit
- edit sth out
- efface
- erase
- rub
- rub sth out
- score
- score sth out/through
- strike
- strike sth out/through