express
/ɪkˈspɹɛs/ adjective B1- Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied. · 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.
- Truly depicted; exactly resembling. · In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.
- Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type. · Tesco Express· McDonald's Express
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“Why, I made a vocabulary of the words I knew; turned, returned, and arranged them, so as to enable me to express my thoughts through their medium.
“When you search a single column for words with which to express your meaning, you can hardly expect to get everything you want.
The Stag, congratulating himself on his safety, began to express his sincere thanks to the Oxen who had kindly helped him in the hour of need.
“Is it possible the king could have condescended so far as to express himself so favorably of me?” asked the enraptured Villefort.
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