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Meaning of express

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

express

Pronunciation:/ɛk.ˈspɹɛs//ɛk.ˈspɹɛs/

noun

Definitions

  1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

    Example: I took the express into town.

  2. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

  3. An express rifle.

  4. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

adjective

Definitions

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

  2. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

    Example: I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.

  3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

    Example: In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.

  4. (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

    Example: Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express.

express

Pronunciation:/ɛk.ˈspɹɛs//ɛk.ˈspɹɛs/

noun

Definitions

  1. The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.

  2. A specific statement or instruction.

verb

Definitions

  1. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

    Example: Words cannot express the love I feel for him.

  2. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).

  3. To translate messenger RNA into protein.

  4. To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.