express

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
2. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
4. (postpositional) 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. (Philippines) 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.
3. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
4. An express rifle.
5. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
6. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
7. An express office.
8. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

Adv

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

Verb

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

Noun

1. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
2. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.

Opposite of

implied, local, stopper

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɹɛs/

Etymology

From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).

Synonyms

show

state

utter

say

🗣️

speak

🗣️

convey

tell

describe

manifest

denote

display

reveal

indicate

explicit

mention

represent

voice

exhibit

declare

squeeze

register

narrate

communicate

signify

articulate

express train

put

swift

expression

talk

🗣️

speak out

special delivery

mean

relate

fast

expeditious

explain

demonstrate

pronounce

enunciate

evince

phrase

squeeze out

couch

🛋️

make known

present

drive out

draw out

extract

disclose

Translations

exprimer

expresar

ausdrücken

esprimere

espresso

expresso

uitdrukken

äußern

expressar

εκφράζω

expreso

expressar

express

ausdrücklich

exprès

Sentences

The uptown and downtown express tracks pass over the loop , continuing south .

The majority of these stores have since been rebranded as Vision Express .

Northern Ontario municipal leaders had continued to express their fears regarding the divestment .