express meaning
EN
[ɛk.ˈspɹɛs] [ɪkˈspres] [-ɛs] 
US WExpress
- Express or EXPRESS may refer to:
- NounPLexpressesSUF-ress
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
- I took the express into town.
- A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- An express rifle.
- (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
- A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
- An express office.
- That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
- (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
- (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
- VerbSGexpressesPRexpressingPT, PPexpressed
- (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.
- (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
- (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
- (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
- (transitive) A merchant offering a smaller selection of goods than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
- The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one, it's a Pizza Hut Express.
- Some Wal-Marts will include a McDonalds Express.
- The Mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express.
- (computing) A limited or less-functional release of an application program.
- Microsoft has a free download of Visual Basic .Net Express.
- (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- AdjectiveCOMmore expressSUPmost express
- (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- (comparable) 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.
- 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.
- (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- On the other hand, MMP-1 and MMP-9 are elevated in TBP as compared with transudative effusions [10 ], and MMP-9 is prominently expressed in the granulomas of tuberculous pleural tissues [11 ].
- These unique genes in our study may be expressed specificly in schistosomula stage and since in Piao’s study, it failed to detect these unique genes.
- The same writer expresses his doubt as to monkeys showing any tendency to righthandedness.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of express in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "express" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.