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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Express Train A fast train between two large towns, with few or no stoppages at intermediate stations. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Velocity | Lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | About the same as spitting in an Air Commodore's eye from an express train, sir. (Mosquito Squadron; writing credit: Joyce Perry; Donald S. Sanford) | |
Movie/TV Titles | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | The express train. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
orient express train | 59 |
express train | 15 |
american orient express train | 6 |
hogwarts express train | 3 |
acela express train | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EXPRESS TRAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | eksprestog (corridor train, corridor-train, international express, international express train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sneltrein (express, fast train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | internacia rapidtrajno (international express, international express train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | train express (express). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Expreß (express). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ταχεία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רכבת מ"יר". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | expresszvonat (non-stop train), gyorsvonat (express, fast train, non-stop train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | direttìssimo (express). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 急行列車 , 快速列車 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きゅう"うれっしゃ, かいそくれっしゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | expressay aintray trem expresso. (various references) tren expres (express). (various references) экспресс (express, flier, flyer), курьерский поезд. (various references) rápido (agile, darting, express, fast, fast train, fasting, fleeting, heel bar, live, lively, nippy, prompt, quick, quick fire, quick-firing, rapid, rapids, rathe, rattling, riffle, shoot, short, slapping, slashing, slick, snappy, spanking, speedy, swift, swift-flowing, twinkling). (various references) snälltåg (express, fast train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-p-r-r-s-s-t-x" | |
-2 letters: pistareens, sparteines, transpires. | |
-3 letters: antipress, aperients, arsenites, epistaxes, inexperts, inserters, irateness, passerine, persister, pinasters, pistareen, preexists, prerinses, pretrains, pristanes, reinserts, resinates, restrains, retainers, sparriest, sparteine, sprinters, stearines, strainers, ternaries, terrapins, transpire. | |
-4 letters: aperient, arenites, arsenite, arteries, artiness, asperser, aspirers, assenter, asserter, earnests, epitases, erepsins, etesians, expanses, expiates, expirers, inexpert, inserter, interrex, intersex, naperies. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Images: Photo Album 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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