Definition of Express

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Express

Exactly representing; exact.

Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.

Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.

A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.

An express office.

That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.

To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.

To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.

To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.

To denote; to designate.

To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.

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Express Quotations

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
Stephen Covey

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
Winston Churchill

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.
Friedrich Nietzsche

We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.
Kurt Cobain

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
William Shakespeare

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
Walt Whitman

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!
Ansel Adams

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.
Thomas Paine

Express Translations

express in Afrikaans is uitdruk, ontlok, uithaal
express in Dutch is uitdrukken
express in Finnish is ilmaista
express in French is express, exprimons, exprimez, exprimer, expriment
express in Norwegian is ekspress, ilbud, expresstog
express in Portuguese is expressar, expresso
express in Spanish is expresar
express in Swedish is uttrycka, snabb

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