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Express Sense ɪkˈspres Delivery Service Adjective Bre Bus/Coach/Train

Word express
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ɪkˈspres / NAmE / ɪkˈspres /
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  • an express bus/coach/train
  • express delivery services
  • express mail
  • an air express company
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express

(adjective)BrE / ɪkˈspres / NAmE / ɪkˈspres /
  1. travelling very fast; operating very quickly
    • an express bus/coach/train
    • express delivery services
  2. sent by express service
    • express mail
  3. providing an express service
    • an air express company
  4. clearly and openly stated
    • synonym definite
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/definite_1
    • It was his express wish that you should have his gold watch after he died.
    • I came here with the express purpose of speaking with the manager.

    Word Origin

    • adjective sense 1 early 18th cent. (as a verb): extension of express ‘state clearly’; sense (1) of the noun from express train, so named because it served a particular destination without intermediate stops, reflecting an earlier sense of express ‘done or made for a special purpose’, later interpreted in the sense “rapid”. Senses relating to express delivery date from the institution of this postal service in 1891. adjective sense 4 late Middle English: from Old French expres, from Latin expressus ‘distinctly presented’, past participle of exprimere ‘press out’, from ex- ‘out’ + primere ‘press’.
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