Express
WordNet
adjective
(1) Not tacit or implied
"Her express wish"
(2) Without unnecessary stops
"An express train"
"An express shipment"
adverb
(3) By express
"Please send the letter express"
noun
(4) Rapid transport of goods
(5) Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
"He caught the express to New York"
(6) Mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
verb
(7) Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
"She expressed her anger"
"He uttered a curse"
(8) Give expression to
"She showed her disappointment"
(9) Send by rapid transport or special messenger service
"She expressed the letter to Florida"
(10) Serve as a means for expressing something
"The painting of Mary carries motherly love"
"His voice carried a lot af anger"
(11) Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
"Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
(12) Manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)
"Many of the laboratory animals express the trait"
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Etymology
Verb from , form of , from + . Cognate to .
Adjective from form .
Adjective
- Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- Specific or precise.
- I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
- Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
- In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.
Noun
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
- I took the express into town.
Verb
- To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- Words cannot express the love I feel for him.
- To secrete or cause to be secreted, especially said of milk.
Related terms
- expressible
- expressibly
- expression
- expressive
- expressively
- expressly