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express

/ɛk.ˈspɹɛs/
noun
  1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

    "I took the express into town."

  2. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

  3. An express rifle.

Synonymsfast train
Antonymslocal, stopper
adjective
  1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

Synonymsexplicit, plain, crack, fast
Antonymsimplied

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