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express

/ɪkˈspɹɛs/

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What does express mean?

adjective

  1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
  2. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
  3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
More meanings (16)

adjective

  1. Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

noun

  1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.
  2. a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway
  3. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
  4. An express rifle.
  5. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
  6. An express office.
  7. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
  8. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
  9. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
  10. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.

adverb

  1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

verb

  1. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
  2. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
  3. To translate messenger RNA into protein.
  4. To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
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IPA pronunciation

/ɪkˈspɹɛs/

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

I have no language to express the high excitement and deep anxiety which were felt among us poor slaves during this time.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
The old lady, indeed, did not hesitate to express regret that the duke was not on the throne, instead of his brother.
Anthony HopeThe prisoner of ZendaProject Gutenberg ebook #95
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On the question of whether she had been shot or had shot herself, he would not venture to express any decided opinion.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
“It is too much a matter of fact, but here it is.—What two letters of the alphabet are there, that express perfection?”
Jane AustenEmmaProject Gutenberg ebook #158
But the letters were never put on paper, for she did not know how to express what she wanted to tell him.
Edith WhartonSummerProject Gutenberg ebook #166