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the impatient cousin of every word, sprinting past the local stops to arrive early
means To express something is to put a thought or feeling into words, gestures, or other outward form so others can grasp it; as an adjective, it means fast and direct, skipping intermediate stops.
from From Latin 'exprimere,' literally 'to press out' — 'ex-' (out) plus 'premere' (to press), the same squeezing verb behind 'pressure' and 'compress.' The image is of pressing meaning out of yourself like juice from fruit. It reached English through Old French 'espresser.' The 'fast, direct' sense (express train, express delivery) is younger, from the idea of something sent expressly — for one specific purpose, pressed straight to its destination without dawdling. And yes, espresso is a relative: coffee pressed out under pressure, made expressly for you.
- latin roots
- From exprimere, to press out, like squeezing meaning
- pony express
- Lasted only 18 months before telegraph killed it
- espresso link
- Same word, meaning coffee pressed out fast
- train logic
- Express trains skip stops to move more people faster
- double duty
- Means both to speak and to hurry
express mail service — fedex delivers packages overnight across 220+ countries since 1971
orient express train — historic luxury train ran from paris to istanbul, operational 1883-2009
express yourself song — madonna's 1989 hit album track that became an lgbtq+ anthem