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Express
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- 1 Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. not-comparable
- 2 Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied. comparable
"I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me."
- 3 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."
- 4 Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type. postpositional
"Tesco Express"
- 1 not tacit or implied wordnet
- 2 without unnecessary stops wordnet
- 1 Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
"The train runs express to 96 St."
- 1 by express wordnet
- 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.
"I took the express into town."
- 2 The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression. obsolete
"Whereby they discoursed in silence, and were intuitively understood from the theory of their expresses."
- 3 rapid transport of goods wordnet
- 4 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 Philippines
- 5 A specific statement or instruction. obsolete
"This Gentleman [...] caused a man to go down no less than a hundred fathom, with express to take notice whether it were hard or soft in the place where it groweth."
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- 6 public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops wordnet
- 7 A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- 8 mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system wordnet
- 9 An express rifle.
""Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked."
- 10 A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. obsolete
"And this [holy communion] being the great myſtery of Chriſtianity, and the onely remanent expreſſe of Chriſts ſacrifice on earth, it is moſt conſonant to the Analogy of the myſtery, that this commemorative ſacrifice be preſented by perſons as ſeparate, and diſtinct in our miniſtery, […]"
- 11 A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
"I learned, to my inexpressible terror, that at two o'clock, the day before, an express had been sent to Geraldine by Mr Bergasse, with a letter, which he had received from the Hotel de Romagnecourt."
- 12 An express office.
"She charged him […] to ask at the express if anything came up from town."
- 13 That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
"popular captations, which some men use in their Speeches, and Expresses"
- 1 To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. transitive
"Words cannot express the love I feel for him."
- 2 articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise wordnet
- 3 To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk). transitive
"The people of his island of Rokovoko, it seems, at their wedding feasts express the fragrant water of young cocoanuts into a large stained calabash like a punchbowl […]"
- 4 give expression to wordnet
- 5 To translate messenger RNA into protein.
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- 6 send by rapid transport or special messenger service wordnet
- 7 To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
"When a cell “expresses” a gene, it translates the DNA first into a signature messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and subsequently into a chain of amino acids that forms a protein."
- 8 serve as a means for expressing something wordnet
- 9 indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. wordnet
- 10 obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action wordnet
- 11 manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) wordnet
Etymology
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.
From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.
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