express

Meanings

Adjective

  • Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
  • Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
  • Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
  • Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

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Origin

  • From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
  • From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.

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