Express
verb
To show or tell how you feel or what you are thinking.
She expressed her concern for her friend's safety.
Often appears as...
- express concern
- express emotion
verb
To represent in words, express clearly.
He found it difficult to express his feelings in words.
Often appears as...
- express in words
- express your views
adjective
Made or done for a particular purpose.
We went to the village for the express purpose of buying food.
Often appears as...
- express purpose
- express command
adjective
Fast and direct.
She took the express train to the city center.
Often appears as...
- express train
- express service
verb
To squeeze out a liquid while exerting pressure.
The doctor needs to express the pus from the abscess.
Often appears as...
- express fluid
- express pus
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To show or tell how you feel or what you are thinking.
She expressed her concern for her friend's safety.
Often appears as...
- express concern
- express emotion
verb
To represent in words, express clearly.
He found it difficult to express his feelings in words.
Often appears as...
- express in words
- express your views
adjective
Made or done for a particular purpose.
We went to the village for the express purpose of buying food.
Often appears as...
- express purpose
- express command
adjective
Fast and direct.
She took the express train to the city center.
Often appears as...
- express train
- express service
verb
To squeeze out a liquid while exerting pressure.
The doctor needs to express the pus from the abscess.
Often appears as...
- express fluid
- express pus
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Depth
Use 'express' to convey deep feelings, often with emphasis or intensity.
She couldn't help but express her joy with a loud cheer.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Words
Remember expressions can be non-verbal, like facial expressions or gestures.
His silent hug expressed more than words ever could.
Pro Tip 3/3Public vs. Private
When you express feelings, it can be either in private or to an audience.
During the meeting, she chose to publicly express her gratitude.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Depth
Use 'express' to convey deep feelings, often with emphasis or intensity.
She couldn't help but express her joy with a loud cheer.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Words
Remember expressions can be non-verbal, like facial expressions or gestures.
His silent hug expressed more than words ever could.
Pro Tip 3/3Public vs. Private
When you express feelings, it can be either in private or to an audience.
During the meeting, she chose to publicly express her gratitude.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Depth
Use 'express' to convey deep feelings, often with emphasis or intensity.
She couldn't help but express her joy with a loud cheer.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Words
Remember expressions can be non-verbal, like facial expressions or gestures.
His silent hug expressed more than words ever could.
Pro Tip 3/3Public vs. Private
When you express feelings, it can be either in private or to an audience.
During the meeting, she chose to publicly express her gratitude.
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if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
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Rethinking infidelity...
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How stress affects your...
because their brains developed more cortisol receptors, which stick to cortisol and dampen the stress response. The pups of negligent moms had the opposite outcome, and so became more sensitive to stress throughout life. These are considered epigenetic changes, meaning that they effect which genes are expressed
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Why should you read...
Yet, she expressed hope beyond suffering. Through deep thought, Woolf's characters are shown to temporarily transcend their material reality, and in its careful consideration of the complexity of the mind, her work charts the importance of making our inner lives known to each other.
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Why should you read...
"It is not a novel. Still less an epic poem. Still less a historical chronicle. 'War and Peace' is what the author wanted and was able to express in the form in which it was expressed." It is, in other words, the sum total of Tolstoy's imaginative powers, and nothing less.
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How does the Nobel Peace...
Because Nobel's name was tied to inventions used in the war industry, many have assumed that he created the peace prize out of regret. However, this is all speculation as he never expressed any such sentiments, and his inventions were also used for constructive purposes.
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How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
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Rethinking infidelity...
but the other is the essential, important act of expressing guilt and remorse for hurting his wife. But the truth is that I have noticed that quite a lot of people who have affairs may feel terribly guilty for hurting their partner,
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Art can fail PIPE JR
question was can I change the world well so I launched the insider project a global participative art project allowing everyone to express themselves through their images however the deeper question was how to keep myself and
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Puppy Adopted By Cat...
dogs pack life requires fighting for your share in the rough and tumble of competing mouths this puppy breaks all of the cat's social conventions his wild instincts express themselves despite his unusual family
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
There are really two core principles at play here. There's giving people a voice so that people can express their opinions. Then, there's keeping the community safe, which I think is really important. We're not gonna let people plan violence or attack each other or do bad things.
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Future
American Musician
I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
There are really two core principles at play here. There's giving people a voice so that people can express their opinions. Then, there's keeping the community safe, which I think is really important. We're not gonna let people plan violence or attack each other or do bad things.
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Future
American Musician
I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Character is expressed through our behavior patterns, or natural responses to things.
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