expressverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈspres/us/ɪkˈspres/express verb [ T ] (SHOW)
B2 to show a feeling, opinion, or fact:
B2 to communicate what you think or feel, by speaking or writing, or in some other way:
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- Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his emotions.
- She sent them a present to express her gratitude.
- He didn't express an opinion on the matter.
- My father found it hard to express his grief when my mother died.
- Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict.
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Showing and demonstrating
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- flicker
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- put up sth
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- signify
- speak
- strike
- suggest
- token
- wear
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express verb [ T ] (SEND FAST)
mainly US to send something somewhere very quickly:
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- ship
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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expressadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ɪkˈspres/us/ɪkˈspres/express adjective [ before noun ] (FAST)
moving or being sent fast:
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Fast and rapid
- a mile a minute idiom
- apace
- as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
- as if it is going out of style idiom
- at a rate of knots idiom
- fleet
- have a heavy foot idiom
- high-speed
- hotfoot
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- mile
- prompt
- rapid-fire
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfire idiom
- swift
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express adjective [ before noun ] (CLEAR)
clearly and intentionally stated:
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Easy to understand
- (as) clear as day idiom
- accessible
- assimilate
- axiomatic
- clarity
- crystal
- crystal clear idiom
- explicit
- expressly
- hang
- hang together
- incisive
- limpid
- loud
- sharp
- transparent
- understandable
- undiluted
- unmistakable
- well defined
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expressadverb
uk/ɪkˈspres/us/ɪkˈspres/using a service that does something faster than usual:
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Communications - the postal system
- certified mail
- consign
- delivery
- direct mail
- letterbox
- mail slot
- mailbag
- mass mailing
- p. and p.
- pillar box
- pin code
- PO
- postmaster
- shipping and handling
- snail mail
- stamp
- surface mail
- window
- zip code
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expressnoun
uk/ɪkˈspres/us/ɪkˈspres/[ C ] a train or bus that takes less time to do a journey than other trains or buses:
[ U ] a service that does something faster than usual:
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
- air brake
- baggage car
- bogie
- boiler
- bullet train
- caboose
- carriage
- choo-choo
- coach
- couchette
- diesel
- emergency cord
- freight car
- intercity
- luggage van
- maglev train
- rolling stock
- shunt
- sleeping car
- wagon-lit
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