express

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   by express

   please send the letter express

2. 2
   adj

   not tacit or implied

   My express wish is to be cremated.

3. 3
   adj

   without unnecessary stops

   an express train

4. 4
   noun

   public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

   They caught the express to the big city.

5. 5
   verb

   send by rapid transport or special messenger service

   They expressed the letter to Florida.

6. 6
   verb

   indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

   Can you express this distance in kilometers?

7. 7
   verb

   obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

   Italians express coffee rather than filter it

8. 8
   verb

   to manifest the effects of a gene or genetic trait

   Many of the laboratory animals express the trait.

Etymology

From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).