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Express   /ɪksprˈɛs/   Listen
verb
Express  v. t.  (past & past part. expressed; pres. part. expressing)  
1.
To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit. "All the fruits out of which drink is expressed." "And th'idle breath all utterly expressed." "Halters and racks can not express from thee More than by deeds."
2.
To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble. "Each skillful artist shall express thy form." "So kids and whelps their sires and dams express."
3.
To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell. "My words express my purpose." "They expressed in their lives those excellent doctrines of morality."
4.
To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; used reflexively. "Mr. Phillips did express with much indignation against me, one evening."
5.
To denote; to designate. "Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expressed by their names."
6.
To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.
7.
(Genetics) To produce products that cause the appearance of the corresponding phenotype; of a gene or of an organism with a specific gene; as, to express the beta-galactosidase gene,
Synonyms: To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.


noun
Express  n.  
1.
A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. (Obs.) "The only remanent express of Christ's sacrifice on earth."
2.
A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels.
3.
An express office. "She charged him... to ask at the express if anything came up from town."
4.
That which is sent by an express messenger or message. (Obs.)
5.
A railway train or bus for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality; a train or bus that does not stop at certain stations. Contrasted to local; as, take the express to get there faster.
Synonyms: express train.
Express office, an office where packages for an express are received or delivered.
Express train, a railway train (such as a subway train) that does not stop at certain stations, but only at stations designated express stops.


adjective
Express  adj.  
1.
Exactly representing; exact. "Their human countenance The express resemblance of the gods."
2.
Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement. "I have express commandment."
3.
Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially. " A messenger sent express from the other world."
4.
Of or pertaining to an express train or other conveyance designated an express (5); makiung few or no intermediate stops; as, an express stop; an express fare; an express elevator.
Express color. (Law) See the Note under Color, n., 8.
Synonyms: Explicit; clear; unambiguous. See Explicit.





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"Express" Quotes from Famous Books



... move that we begin to wonder how he found time for his paintings: he is so continually productive that we wonder no less that he found it possible to travel. His wanderings might be normal in these days of Pullman-cars and express trains, but in an age when any journey was a matter of difficulty and often personal danger they seem almost phenomenal. From Orvieto (1490) he goes to Florence, from Florence to Perugia, and thence to Rome; in 1493 he is married at Fiesole to Chiara ...
— Perugino • Selwyn Brinton
... loosened limbs and bending body of Christ; what piety in the adoring old man! All the moods proper to this supreme tragedy of the faith are touched as in some tenor song with low accompaniment of viols; for it was Luini's special province to feel profoundly and to express musically. The very depth of the Passion is there; and yet ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece • John Addington Symonds
... AND CLASSICISM QUIESCENT (1700-1725) The clearest portrayal of the prominent features of an age may sometimes be seen in poems which reveal what men desire to be rather than what they are; and which express sentiments typical, even commonplace, rather than individual. John Pomfret's Choice (1700) is commonplace indeed; it was never deemed great, but it was remarkably popular. "No composition in our language," opined Dr. Johnson, "has been ...
— English Poets of the Eighteenth Century • Selected and Edited with an Introduction by Ernest Bernbaum
... enough to say so, Alf. I'll apologize as many times as you like. I'll keep on till you are satisfied. But you must listen. You are a-gittin' powerful touchy here lately, and it ain't becomin' in a man of yore dignity. It will git so after a while that I can't express any sort of opinion to you without a fist-fight. I was goin' on to say that I was jest thinkin' of old Welborne's quick wit in every emergency that set me to wonderin' that day how he might act in sech a case. They say everything is grist to his mill—that he turns ...
— Dixie Hart • Will N. Harben
... medium of exchange, money comes to be the unit in which most prices are expressed and compared; in other words, it becomes the common denominator of prices.[7] This makes it also the most convenient unit in which to express the amount of credit transactions and of existing debts.[8] A credit transaction is a trade lengthened in time; one party fulfils his part of the contract, the other party promises to give an equivalent at a later date. The equivalent may be in any kind of goods; for example, in barter ...
— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter


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