express
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
express1 /ɪkˈsprɛs, ɛk-/
▶verb
- 1 convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct.
- 2 press out (liquid or air).
- 3 Mathematics represent by a figure, symbol, or formula.
- 4 Genetics cause (an inherited characteristic or gene) to appear in a phenotype.
– derivatives
expresser noun,
expressible adjective.
expresser noun,
expressible adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. expresser, based on L. ex- ‘out’ + pressare ‘to press’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
express2 /ɪkˈsprɛs, ɛk-/
▶adjective operating at high speed.
■ denoting a service in which deliveries are made by a special messenger.
▶adverb by express train or delivery service. ▶noun- 1 (also express train) a train that stops at few stations and so travels quickly.
- 2 a special delivery service.
– origin C18: extension of express3; the adjective is from express train, reflecting an earlier sense of express ‘done or made for a special purpose’, later interpreted in the sense ‘rapid’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
express3 /ɪkˈsprɛs, ɛk-, ˈɛksprɛs/
▶adjective stated explicitly.
■ specific; particular.
– derivatives
expressly adverb.
expressly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. expres, from L. expressus ‘distinctly presented’, past part. of exprimere ‘press out’.
'express' also found in these Oxford entries:
absit omen
- absolutely
- agglutinate
- ago
- ahem
- air
- Amex
- analytic
- antonomasia
- apologize
- arithmetize
- articulate
- assent
- atomic mass unit
- attitudinize
- ave
- aw
- axiomatize
- be
- bedad
- bejesus
- bemoan
- bet
- blasted
- bleeding
- blinking
- bloody
- blooming
- Bob
- body
- bother
- botheration
- boy
- bravo
- bring
- brother
- brrr
- bugger
- can
- capture
- case
- censure
- change
- Christ
- cluck
- comment
- commiserate
- complain
- condemn
- condense

