express

/ɛkˈsprɛs/

/ɛkˈsprɛs/

Other forms: expressed; expressing; expresses

When something goes fast, it goes express — like a train that skips many stops. You also express your feelings and thoughts.

When you want something sent quickly, send it by express mail. When you give your opinion, you're expressing yourself. Writing music and poems are also examples of expressing yourself. Mathematical formulas express complex ideas. In genetics, a gene might be expressed by making you bald.

Definitions of express

1. verb

   give expression to
   synonyms: evince, show

   types:

   sneer

   express through a scornful smile

   connote, imply

   express or state indirectly

   burst out

   give sudden release to an expression

   evoke, paint a picture, suggest

   call to mind

   imply

   suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

   give

   manifest or show

   exude

   make apparent by one's mood or behavior

   give vent, vent, ventilate

   give expression or utterance to

   articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word

   put into words or an expression

   accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress

   stress; single out as important

   menace

   express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture

   beam

   express with a beaming face or smile

   smile

   express with a smile

   background, downplay, play down

   understate the importance or quality of

   bring out, set off

   direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

   presuppose, suppose

   require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

   ask

   direct or put; seek an answer to

   re-emphasise, re-emphasize

   emphasize anew

   bear down

   pay special attention to

   rip out

   burst out with a violent or profane utterance

   intimate, suggest

   imply as a possibility

   connote, predicate

   involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

   lexicalise, lexicalize

   make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language

   dogmatise, dogmatize

   state as a dogma

   formularise, formularize

   express as a formula

   cast, couch, frame, put, redact

   formulate in a particular style or language

   topicalize

   emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence

   point up

   emphasize, especially by identification

   drive home, press home, ram home

   make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something

   emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore

   give extra weight to (a communication)

   reek, smack, smell

   have an element suggestive (of something)

   imply, incriminate, inculpate

   suggest that someone is guilty

   type of:

   convey

   make known; pass on, of information
2. verb

   articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
   “She expressed her anger”

   synonyms: give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize

   types:

   blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate, swear

   utter obscenities or profanities

   wish

   make or express a wish

   call out, cry, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout

   utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

   clamor, clamour

   utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

   shout out, vociferate

   utter in a very loud voice

   marvel

   express astonishment or surprise about something

   voice

   give voice to

   raise

   cause to be heard or known; express or utter

   breathe

   utter or tell

   drop

   utter with seeming casualness

   pour out

   express without restraint

   get off

   deliver verbally

   platitudinize

   utter platitudes

   say

   utter aloud

   represent

   serve as a means of expressing something

   say, state, tell

   express in words

   pooh-pooh

   express contempt about

   hurl, throw

   utter with force; utter vehemently

   lay out, present, represent

   bring forward and present to the mind

   misstate

   state something incorrectly

   answer, reply, respond

   react verbally

   belie, misrepresent

   represent falsely

   gee

   give a command to a horse to turn to the right side

   aah, ooh

   express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'

   introduce, precede, preface, premise

   furnish with a preface or introduction

   announce, declare

   announce publicly or officially

   articulate, enunciate, vocalise, vocalize

   express or state clearly

   dramatise, dramatize

   represent something in a dramatic manner

   portray

   portray in words

   get out

   express with difficulty

   declare

   state emphatically and authoritatively

   declare

   make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official

   mention, note, observe, remark

   make mention of

   bring forward, call up

   bring forward for consideration

   add, append, supply

   state or say further

   explain

   define

   give

   convey or reveal information

   embody

   represent or express something abstract in tangible form

   sum, sum up, summarise, summarize

   be a summary of
3. verb

   indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
   “Can you express this distance in kilometers?”

   synonyms: state

   types:

   vote

   express a choice or opinion

   vote

   express one's choice or preference by vote

   vote

   bring into existence or make available by vote

   bullet vote

   vote cumulatively and distribute the votes according to some principle

   type of:

   denote, refer

   have as a meaning
4. verb

   serve as a means for expressing something
   synonyms: carry, convey

   carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit

   transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

   types:

   measure, quantify

   express as a number or measure or quantity

   gauge

   measure precisely and against a standard

   scale

   measure with or as if with scales

   meter

   measure with a meter

   pace, step

   measure (distances) by pacing

   clock, time

   measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

   fathom, sound

   measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

   titrate

   measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration

   plumb

   measure the depth of something

   librate, weigh

   determine the weight of

   type of:

   communicate, intercommunicate

   transmit thoughts or feelings
5. verb

   manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)
   “Many of the laboratory animals express the trait”

   type of:

   actualise, actualize, realise, realize, substantiate

   make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
6. adjective

   not tacit or implied
   “her express wish”

   synonyms:

   explicit, expressed

   precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
7. noun

   public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
   “he caught the express to New York”

   synonyms: limited

   antonyms:

   local

   public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops

   type of:

   public transport

   conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
8. noun

   rapid transport of goods
   synonyms: expressage

   type of:

   shipping, transport, transportation

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
9. noun

   mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
   synonyms: express mail

   types:

   pony express

   express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860

   type of:

   mail

   the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
10. verb

    send by rapid transport or special messenger service
    “She expressed the letter to Florida”

    type of:

    mail, post, send

    cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
11. adjective

    without unnecessary stops
    “an express train”

    “an express shipment”

    synonyms:

    fast

    acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
12. adverb

    by express
    “please send the letter express”
13. verb

    obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
    “Italians express coffee rather than filter it”

    synonyms: extract, press out

    types:

    ream

    squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer

    type of:

    acquire, get

    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract