express


Definition: Meaning of, express in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪkˈsprɛs;ɛkˈsprɛs /

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express expressed expressed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
expressing expresses
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  1. feeling to tell or show what you are feeling or thinking by using words, looks, or actions
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  2. particular emotion to show or describe a particular feeling
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  3. something expresses itself if something expresses itself, it becomes noticeable [=  something reveals itself]
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  4. mathematics technical to change an amount or quantity into a different form, especially in mathematics
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  5. feeding babies if a woman expresses milk, she presses milk out of her breast in order to feed it to her baby later
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[only before noun]
  1. deliberate and for a specific situation
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  2. clear and definite
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  3. express train/coach/bus a train or bus that does not stop at many places and can therefore travel more quickly
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  4. express post/mail a system that delivers letters and packages very quickly
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  5. American English designed to help you move through a place more quickly
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express expresses
  1. [countable usually singular] a train or bus that does not stop in many places and therefore travels quickly
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  2. [uncountable] a post service that delivers letters and packages very quickly
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  1. send/deliver something express to send or deliver a letter, package etc quickly using a special post service
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express used in phrases

  • American Express
    1. a US company that has a CREDIT CARD service, exchanges foreign money, and sells TRAVELLERS CHEQUE s
  • Daily Express, The
    1. the former name of The EXPRESS
  • Express, The
    1. a British daily TABLOID newspaper which usually supports the ideas of the CONSERVATIVE PARTY
  • New Musical Express, The
    1. the full name of the NME, a British music newspaper
  • Orient Express, the
    1. a famous LUXURY railway train, used especially by rich people. It used to run (1883-1977) between Paris and Istanbul in Turkey, but there is now a LUXURY Orient Express train that goes from London to Venice. The train appears in many stories, including Agatha CHRISTIE 's novel Murder on the Orient Express (1934).
  • Sunday Express, The
    1. a British TABLOID newspaper sold every Sunday, which generally supports the ideas of the CONSERVATIVE PARTY
  • express emotion (verb)
    1. give verbal or other expression to one's feelings
  • express feelings (verb)
    1. give verbal or other expression to one's feelings
  • express joy (verb)
    1. produce laughter
  • express luxury liner (noun)
    1. a liner equipped for sumptuous living
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