See ex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(rail transport, of a train) the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location."
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"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "cum-ex"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "dea ex machina"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "deus ex machina"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex abundante cautela"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex ante"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-ante"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex cathedra"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex cetera"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex contractu"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex copula"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex delicto"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex dividend"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex facie"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex falso quod libet"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex gratia"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex hypothesi"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex juris"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-lap"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-lax fish"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-libris"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex negativo"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex nihilo"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex nihilo nihil fit"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex nunc"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-officialex-post"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex officio"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex opere operato"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex parte"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex post"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex post facto"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex professo"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex proprio motu"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex proprio vigore"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex rerum natura"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex situ"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-stock"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex stock"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex tempore"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex testamento"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex tunc"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex vi termini"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex vitro"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex vivo"
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{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-voto"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex wife"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "ex-Yu"
},
{
"sense": "other terms containing the word \"ex\"",
"word": "vaticinium ex eventu"
}
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"word": "exhibition"
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"Clipping of exhibition."
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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