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A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

Example: I took the express into town.

A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

An express rifle.

A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

Example: I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.

Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

Example: In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.

(retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

Example: Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express.

The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.

A specific statement or instruction.

To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

Example: Words cannot express the love I feel for him.

To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).

To translate messenger RNA into protein.

To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.