Meaning of express | Babel Free

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1. 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.
2. The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
   obsolete
3. a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway
   Philippines
4. By express delivery or transport.
5. A specific statement or instruction.
   obsolete
6. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
7. by express train or fast delivery service. Send your letter express. spoed, snel, vinnig مُرْسَل بِالبَريد السَّريع експресно por expresso expres mit Expreß ekspres επειγόντωςurgente kiirsaadetisena فوری؛ اکسپرس pika- exprès בְּמִשלוֹחַ דָחוּף एक्सप्रेस ekspresno, hitro gyorsáruként küld ekspres með hraði; í hraðsendingu per espresso 至急便で 급행편으로 skubiu paštu steidzami; ar ātrvilcienu penghantaran ekspres per expresseekspress ekspresem فورى،په عاجله توګه por expresso expres, prin poştă rapidă с...
8. An express rifle.
9. in clear, definite words. I expressly forbade you to do that. uitdruklik بوُضوح точно expressamente výslovně ausdrücklich udtrykkeligt ρητά, σαφώςexpresamente selgesõnaliselt بطور صریح و آشکار nimenomaisesti expressémentבמפורש स्पष्ट शब्दों में izričito határozottan dengan jelas skÿrt, greinilega espressamente 明日に 명확하게 aiškiai, nedviprasmiškai skaidri izteikti; īpaši dengan jelas uitdrukkelijkuttrykkeligwyraźnie په واضع توګه expressamente (în mod) expres ясно výslovne izrecno izričito uttryck...
10. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
    obsolete
11. (of a face or voice) showing no feeling. a cold, expressionless tone. uitdrukkingloos غَيْر مُعَبِّر، تَعْبيري безизразен sem expressão bezvýrazný ausdruckslos udtryksløs ανέκφραστος sin expresión ilmetu بی حالت؛ بی احساس ilmeetön sans expression חֲסַר הַבָּעָה भावना-शून्य bezizrazan kifejezéstelen tanpa perasaan svipbrigðalaus senza espressione, inespressivo 無表情の 무표정한 be išraiškos, neišraiškingas neizteiksmīgs tanpa perasaan uitdrukkingsloosuttrykksløs bez wyrazu بى حس،بى احساسه sem expressã...
12. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
13. showing meaning or feeling clearly. She has an expressive look on her face. veelseggende مُعَبِّر изразителен expressivo výrazný ausdrucksvoll udtryksfuld εκφραστικόςexpresivo ilmekas معنی دار؛ گویا ilmeikäs expressif מָלֶא הַבָּעָה सूचक izražajan kifejező penuh perasaan sem lætur í ljósi; sem segir mikið espressivo 表情豊かな 표정이 풍부한 išraiškingas izteiksmīgs penuh perasaan expressiefuttrykksfullwyrazisty, pełen wyrazu معنا لرونكى expressivo expresiv выразительный výrazný izrazit izražajan uttryck...
14. An express office.
15. seggingskrag, wesensvolheid تعْبيريَّه изразителност expressividade expresivita die Ausdruckskraft udtryksfuldhed εκφραστικότητα expresividad ilmekus بیانگری؛ پر معنایی ilmeikkyys expressivité לִהיוֹת מָלֶא הַבָּעָה अभिव्यंजकता izražajan kifejezésteljes jelleg, kifejezőerő air muka penuh perasaan tjáningarkraftur espressività 表情の豊かさ 표정이 풍부함 išraiškingumas izteiksmīgums penuh perasaan expressiviteituttrykksfullhet wyrazistość معنا لرونكى expressividade expresivitate выразительность expresivita...
16. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
17. uitdruklik بصورةٍ مُعَبِّرَه изразително expressivamente výrazně ausdrücklich udtryksfuldt εκφραστικάexpresivamente ilmekalt بطور ر معنا ilmeikkäästi avec expression בְּהָּבָעה רַבָּה अभिव्यंजकता izražajno kifejezően dengan penuh perasaan á mergjaðan/áhrifamikinn hátt in modo espressivo 表情豊かに 표현적으로 išraiškingai izteiksmīgi dengan penuh perasaan expressiefuttrykksfullt, med følelse wyraziście معنا لرونكى expressivamente (în mod) expresiv выразительно výrazne ekspresivno izražajno uttrycksfullt...
18. a divided highway; a motorway. snelweg طَريق سَريع бърза лента autoestrada dálnice die Schnellstraße motorvej αυτοκινητόδρομοςautopista kiirtee بزرگراه؛ تندراه moottoritie voie express דֶרֶך מְהִירָה गाड़ियों का रास्ता brza autocesta autópálya jalan bebas hambatan hraðbraut autostrada 高速道路 고속 도로 greitkelis ātrgaitas automaģistrāle lebuhraya snelwegmotorveiautostrada لويه لاره auto-estrada auto­stradă скоростная автострада diaľnica, autostráda avtocesta autoput motorväg ทางด่วน otoyol 高速公路 шви...
19. To set forth in words; state: express an opinion.
20. To convey or suggest a representation of; depict: The painting expresses the rage of war victims.

Equivalents

Examples

“I took the express into town.”

“Your attention please. Train 4715 is now boarding on track 3, section B. This train is an express. This train does not stop at Foo, Bar, or Fubar stations.”

“The train was moving less fast through the summer night. The swift express had changed into something almost a parliamentary, had stopped three times since Norwich, and now, at long last, was approaching Banton.”

“Except for the mid-winter period, when the 11.30 a.m. from Paddington and its opposite number will be withdrawn - Torquay now has seven daily expresses to and from Paddington as compared with five down and six up previously.”

“This is also a TransPennine Express service which makes a mockery of the word 'express'.”

“"Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.”

“And this [holy communion] being the great myſtery of Chriſtianity, and the onely remanent expreſſe of Chriſts ſacrifice on earth, it is moſt conſonant to the Analogy of the myſtery, that this commemorative ſacrifice be preſented by perſons as ſeparate, and diſtinct in our miniſtery, […]”

“I learned, to my inexpressible terror, that at two o'clock, the day before, an express had been sent to Geraldine by Mr Bergasse, with a letter, which he had received from the Hotel de Romagnecourt.”

“She charged him […] to ask at the express if anything came up from town.”

“popular captations, which some men use in their Speeches, and Expresses”

““5th, If an express requires extraordinary despatch, the man-mountain shall be obliged to carry, in his pocket, the messenger and horse a six days journey, once in every moon, and return the said messenger back (if so required) safe to our imperial presence.”

“So much was Sir Edward delighted that he sent an express to inform Lord Meersbrook of this great act of friendship, in order that he might be the more easy on their account;...”

“Whereby they discoursed in silence, and were intuitively understood from the theory of their expresses.”

“This Gentleman [...] caused a man to go down no less than a hundred fathom, with express to take notice whether it were hard or soft in the place where it groweth.”

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