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How to pronounce express
Say it like this: /ɪkˈspɹɛs/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does express mean?
adjMoving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
“This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher.”
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.”
nounA 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 s
“I took the express into town.”
a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway
A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
advMoving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
“The train runs express to 96 St.”
verbTo convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
“Words cannot express the love I feel for him.”
To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
“They don’t have teats, so the mothers express their milk onto their bellies for their young to feed.”
To translate messenger RNA into protein.
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