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express

/ɛk.ˈspɹɛs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
  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. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
  8. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
  9. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
  10. (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
  11. The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
  12. A specific statement or instruction.
  13. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
  14. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
  15. To translate messenger RNA into protein.
  16. To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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