express
/ɪkˈspɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.68 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
noun
A 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 stopping at them.
noun
A 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 stopping at them.
noun
An express rifle.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Beginning with the next issue, which will be the January, 1950, issue, this magazine will be published on the first of every month. This step has been taken at the express wish of readers despite the present paper and production difficulties."
- "In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance."
- "Soon as the potion works, their human countenance, / The express resemblance of the gods, is changed / Into some brutish form, of wolf, or bear, / Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, / All other parts remaining as they were[…]"
- "Tesco Express"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: exprès, expressus
Usage
Inflected Forms
more express (comparative)
most express (superlative)
expresses (plural)
expresses (present, singular)
expressing (participle, present)
expressed (participle, past)
expressed (past)