Definition of
Expression
- (noun, act) the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- (noun, attribute) the feelings expressed on a person's face
a look of triumph
an angry face - (noun, communication) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- (noun, communication) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- (noun, communication) expression without words
the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition - (noun, communication) the style of expressing yourself
his manner of expression showed how much he cared - (noun, communication) the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas
the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours - (noun, communication) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- (noun, process) (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
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Synonyms of Expression
aspect, construction, face, facial expression, formula, formulation, grammatical construction, locution, look, manifestation, reflection, reflexion, saying, verbal expression, verbalism
Alternate forms of Expression
Derivations: express
Hyponyms: act, adage, adjunct, advice and consent, agrapha, ambiguity, americanism, anatomical, anatomical reference, anglicism, archaicism, archaism, articulation, axiom, beatitude, blowup, boilerplate, briticism, britishism, byword, calque, calque formation, catchword, choice of words, clause, cold turkey, colloquialism, complement, congratulation, diction, dysphemism, ebullition, effusion, epigram, euphemism, exponential expression, felicitation, gush, honorific, idiom, idiomatic expression, involution, lamentation, leer, light, loan translation, logion, maxim, motto, mourning, outburst, parlance, phrasal idiom, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, predicator, primitive, proverb, quip, saw, sentential function, sentimentalism, set phrase, shibboleth, shucks, slogan, southernism, spark, sparkle, sumpsimus, tongue twister, twinkle, verbiage, voice, wording
Hypernyms: biological process, communicating, communication, constituent, countenance, demo, demonstration, expressive style, grammatical constituent, language, mathematical statement, oral communication, organic process, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, squeeze, squeezing, style, visage, voice communication
Origin of the word Expression
- "action of manifesting a feeling," mid-15c., from Fr. expression (14c.), from L. expressionem, noun of action from exprimere (see express (v.)). Meaning "an action or creation that expresses feelings" is from 1620s. Of the face, from 1774. Occasionally the word also was used literally, for "the action of squeezing out." more
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