Meaning

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

  "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.

• A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.

• An express office.

• That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

Meaning

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

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

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

• Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

  "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.

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