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FedEx en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.

Meanings

  1. FedEx Corporation, a package express company.

Forms

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Fedex alternative lexicographic
fedex alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

FedEx quest · FedExer

Descendants

Fedexia

FedEx en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To send a package or letter by FedEx, or a competitor.
    • Writers on assignment were encouraged to FedEx luggage to their destination, rather than schlep it on the plane. 2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • Has he considered disconnecting his modem and Fedexing it to himself overnight, as some digital addicts say they have done? 2011 March 10, Jim Holt, London Review of Books, page 11:

Forms

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FedExed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
FedExed Tense=Past lexicographic
FedExes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Fedex alternative lexicographic
FedExing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fedex alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

UPS