express.
Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
Meaning & usage
Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher.
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.
Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
Tesco Express
McDonald's Express
Where this word comes from
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
The train runs express to 96 St.
Where this word comes from
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
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.
I took the express into town.
Your attention please. Train 4715 is now boarding on track 3, section B. This train is an express. This train does not stop at Foo, Bar, or Fubar stations.
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. a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway
A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
An express rifle.
A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
An express office.
That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
Where this word comes from
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
Words cannot express the love I feel for him.
To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
To translate messenger RNA into protein.
To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
Where this word comes from
From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.
The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
A specific statement or instruction.
Where this word comes from
From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.
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