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Definition of ex- prefix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ex-

prefix

/eks/

/eks/

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(in nouns) former
- ex-wife
- ex-president
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out
- exodus
- export
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Word Originfrom Latin ex ‘out of’.

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