Express

What “Express” means

Adj

1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
2. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
4. Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

Noun

1. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.
2. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.
3. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
4. An express rifle.
5. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

Adv

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

Verb

1. To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
2. To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
3. To translate messenger RNA into protein.
4. To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.

Where the word comes from

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

From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.

Business name ideas with “Express”

Industries where “Express” fits

We suggest this word for 56 business types and industries, including:

• Courier Service
• Courier Startup
• Air Traffic Control
• All Other Pipeline Transportation
• All Other Support Activities for Transportation
• All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
• Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems
• Charter Bus Industry
• Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation
• Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger Transportation
• Commuter Rail Systems
• Couriers and Express Delivery Services
• Deep Sea Freight Transportation
• Deep Sea Passenger Transportation
• Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
• Freight Transportation Arrangement
• General Freight Trucking, Local
• General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
• General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
• General Warehousing and Storage
• Inland Water Freight Transportation
• Inland Water Passenger Transportation
• Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation
• Limousine Service
• Local Messengers and Local Delivery
• Marine Cargo Handling
• Mixed Mode Transit Systems
• Motor Vehicle Towing
• Navigational Services to Shipping
• Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
• Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
• Other Airport Operations
• Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation
• Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
• Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
• Other Support Activities for Water Transportation
• Other Urban Transit Systems
• Other Warehousing and Storage
• Packing and Crating
• Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil