express

UK /ɪkˈspɹɛs/ US /ɪkˈspɹɛs/
noun 7adj 4verb 4adv 1

Definitions

adj

1

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

2

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.

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.

Soon as the potion works, their human countenance, / The express resemblance of the gods, is changed / Into some brutish form, of wolf, or bear, / Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, / All other parts remaining as they were[…]

4

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

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.

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.

2

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.

"Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.

5

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

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, […]

adv

1

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

The train runs express to 96 St.

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