express
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Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
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noun
1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
"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.
5. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
6. An express office.
7. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
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adjective
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."
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. (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
"Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express."
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
express
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
noun
1. The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
2. A specific statement or instruction.
verb
1. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
"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.
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Source: en.wiktionary.org
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