| express | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. express, express mail | mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system. |
| ~ pony express | express mail carried by relays of riders on horseback; especially between Missouri and California around 1860. |
| ~ mail | the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. express, limited | public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops.; "he caught the express to New York" |
| ~ public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight. |
| n. (act) | 3. express, expressage | rapid transport of goods. |
| ~ shipping, transport, transportation | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. |
| v. (communication) | 4. evince, express, show | give expression to.; "She showed her disappointment" |
| ~ sneer | express through a scornful smile.; "she sneered her contempt" |
| ~ convey | make known; pass on, of information.; "She conveyed the message to me" |
| ~ connote, imply | express or state indirectly. |
| ~ burst out | give sudden release to an expression.; "We burst out laughing"; "'I hate you,' she burst out" |
| ~ paint a picture, evoke, suggest | call to mind.; "this remark evoked sadness" |
| ~ imply | suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic. |
| ~ give | manifest or show.; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering" |
| ~ exude | make apparent by one's mood or behavior.; "She exudes great confidence" |
| ~ give vent, vent, ventilate | give expression or utterance to.; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers" |
| ~ give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate | put into words or an expression.; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" |
| ~ accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, emphasise, punctuate | to stress, single out as important.; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
| ~ menace | express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture.; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick" |
| ~ beam | express with a beaming face or smile.; "he beamed his approval" |
| ~ smile | express with a smile.; "She smiled her thanks" |
| v. (communication) | 5. express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| ~ blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear, imprecate | utter obscenities or profanities.; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" |
| ~ wish | make or express a wish.; "I wish that Christmas were over" |
| ~ call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, cry, shout | utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy.; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" |
| ~ clamour, clamor | utter or proclaim insistently and noisily.; "The delegates clamored their disappointment" |
| ~ vociferate, shout out | utter in a very loud voice.; "They vociferated their demands" |
| ~ marvel | express astonishment or surprise about something. |
| ~ voice | give voice to.; "He voiced his concern" |
| ~ raise | cause to be heard or known; express or utter.; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" |
| ~ breathe | utter or tell.; "not breathe a word" |
| ~ drop | utter with seeming casualness.; "drop a hint"; "drop names" |
| ~ pour out | express without restraint.; "The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened" |
| ~ get off | deliver verbally.; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time" |
| ~ platitudinize | utter platitudes.; "The candidate platitudinized and bored the audience" |
| ~ say | utter aloud.; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office" |
| ~ represent | serve as a means of expressing something.; "The flower represents a young girl" |
| ~ say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| ~ pooh-pooh | express contempt about. |
| ~ hurl, throw | utter with force; utter vehemently.; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone" |
| v. (communication) | 6. carry, convey, express | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| v. (communication) | 7. express, state | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ vote | express a choice or opinion.; "I vote that we all go home"; "She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant" |
| ~ vote | express one's choice or preference by vote.; "vote the Democratic ticket" |
| v. (perception) | 8. express | manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait).; "Many of the laboratory animals express the trait" |
| ~ actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to.; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" |
| v. (contact) | 9. express, extract, press out | obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" |
| ~ ream | squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer.; "ream oranges" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (communication) | 10. express | send by rapid transport or special messenger service.; "She expressed the letter to Florida" |
| ~ mail, send, post | cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" |
| adj. | 11. express | not tacit or implied.; "her express wish" |
| ~ explicit, expressed | precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication.; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes" |
| adj. | 12. express | without unnecessary stops.; "an express train"; "an express shipment" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
| adv. | 13. express | by express.; "please send the letter express" |
| pronounce | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| ~ twang | pronounce with a nasal twang. |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| ~ devoice | utter with tense vocal chords. |
| ~ raise | pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth.; "raise your `o'" |
| ~ lilt | articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way. |
| ~ palatalise, palatalize | pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate. |
| ~ nasalise, nasalize | pronounce with a lowered velum.; "She nasalizes all her vowels" |
| ~ nasalise, nasalize | speak nasally or through the nose.; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize" |
| ~ mispronounce, misspeak | pronounce a word incorrectly.; "She mispronounces many Latinate words" |
| ~ aspirate | pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds. |
| ~ vocalize, voice, vocalise, sound | utter with vibrating vocal chords. |
| ~ retroflex | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate.; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" |
| ~ subvocalise, subvocalize | articulate without making audible sounds.; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized" |
| ~ syllabise, syllabize | utter with distinct articulation of each syllable.; "The poet syllabized the verses he read" |
| ~ drawl | lengthen and slow down or draw out.; "drawl one's vowels" |
| ~ labialise, labialize, round | pronounce with rounded lips. |
| ~ lisp | speak with a lisp. |
| ~ accent, accentuate, stress | put stress on; utter with an accent.; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" |
| ~ vowelise, vowelize, vocalise, vocalize | pronounce as a vowel.; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized" |
| ~ click | produce a click.; "Xhosa speakers click" |
| ~ trill | pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'.; "Some speakers trill their r's" |
| ~ sibilate | pronounce with an initial sibilant. |
| ~ flap | pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds. |
| ~ explode | cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/. |
| ~ roll | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/.; "She rolls her r's" |
| v. (communication) | 2. judge, label, pronounce | pronounce judgment on.; "They labeled him unfit to work here" |
| ~ adjudge, declare, hold | declare to be.; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" |
| ~ acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" |
| ~ convict | find or declare guilty.; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" |
| ~ tout | advertize in strongly positive terms.; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" |
| ~ rule, find | decide on and make a declaration about.; "find someone guilty" |
| ~ qualify | pronounce fit or able.; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections" |
| ~ disqualify | declare unfit.; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete" |
| ~ intonate, intone | speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone.; "please intonate with sadness" |
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