What's The Definition Of Expression?
[n] the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast"
[n] the expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
[n] a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
[n] a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
[n] expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
[n] the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
[n] the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find expression for my ideas"
[n] a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"
[n] (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
Synonyms | Synonyms for Expression: aspect |
construction |
face |
facial expression |
formula |
formulation |
grammatical construction |
locution |
look |
manifestation |
reflection |
reflexion |
saying
Related Terms | Find terms related to Expression: accent |
adage |
address |
adjectival phrase |
affirmation |
air |
airing |
allegation |
ana |
analects |
angelophany |
announcement |
answer |
antonym |
aphorism |
apostrophe |
apothegm |
appearance |
ardor |
articulateness |
articulation |
aspect |
assertion |
asseveration |
avatar |
averment |
avulsion |
axiom |
byword |
cantando |
cast |
catchword |
characterization |
choice of words |
Christophany |
clause |
collected sayings |
command of language |
command of words |
comment |
communication |
composition |
concentration |
construction |
countenance |
crack |
current saying |
cutting out |
declaration |
decoction |
delivery |
demilegato |
demonstration |
denomination |
denotation |
depth |
deracination |
designation |
dialect |
dictate |
diction |
dictum |
differentiation |
disclosure |
disentanglement |
dissemination |
distich |
distillation |
drawing |
drawing out |
dredging |
drilling |
effective style |
eloquence |
eloquent tongue |
embodiment |
emotion |
enucleation |
enunciation |
epigram |
epiphany |
eradication |
evidence |
evincement |
evolvement |
evulsion |
excavation |
excision |
exclamation |
execution |
expressiveness |
exsection |
extirpation |
extraction |
extrication |
face |
facundity |
feeling |
felicitousness |
felicity |
fingering |
formulation |
free form |
gesture |
gift of expression |
gift of gab |
glibness |
glissando |
gnome |
golden saying |
grammar |
graphicness |
greeting |
headed group |
hint |
homograph |
homonym |
homophone |
identification |
idiom |
idiotism |
incarnation |
indication |
indicativeness |
infusion |
intensity |
interjection |
intonation |
issue |
language |
legato |
lexeme |
linguistic form |
locution |
logos |
look |
loudness |
manifestation |
manner of speaking |
materialization |
maxim |
meaning |
meaningfulness |
mention |
metonym |
mezzo staccato |
mien |
minimum free form |
mining |
monosyllable |
moral |
mot |
motto |
music-making |
naming |
note |
noun phrase |
nuance |
observation |
oracle |
oratory |
paragraph |
parlance |
parlando |
Parthian shot |
passion |
pathos |
peculiar expression |
performance |
period |
phrasal idiom |
phrase |
phraseology |
phrasing |
pianism |
picking out |
pithy saying |
pizzicato |
pneumatophany |
pointing |
pointing out |
pointing to |
polysyllable |
position |
precept |
prescript |
pressing |
pressing out |
pronouncement |
proof |
proverb |
proverbial saying |
proverbs |
publication |
pulling |
quarrying |
question |
reflection |
remark |
reminder |
removal |
rendering |
rendition |
repercussion |
representation |
revelation |
rhetoric |
ripping out |
rubato |
Satanophany |
saw |
say |
saying |
selection |
sensitivity |
sentence |
sententious expression |
set phrase |
shading |
show |
showing |
sign |
signification |
silver tongue |
slickness |
sloka |
slur |
smoothness |
soaking |
softness |
specification |
speech |
spiccato |
spirit |
squeezing |
squeezing out |
staccato |
standard phrase |
statement |
steeping |
stock saying |
style |
subjoinder |
suggestion |
sutra |
syllable |
symbol |
symptomaticness |
synonym |
syntactic structure |
talk |
teaching |
term |
text |
theophany |
thought |
token |
tone |
touch |
turn of expression |
turn of phrase |
unrooting |
uprooting |
usage |
use of words |
usus loquendi |
utterance |
vent |
verb complex |
verb phrase |
verbalism |
verbalization |
verbiage |
verbum |
verse |
visage |
vividness |
vocable |
voice |
voicing |
way of speaking |
wisdom |
wisdom literature |
wise saying |
withdrawal |
witticism |
word |
wordage |
word-group |
wording |
words of wisdom |
wresting out
See Also | act |
adage |
adjunct |
advice and consent |
agrapha |
ambiguity |
Americanism |
anatomical |
anatomical reference |
Anglicism |
archaicism |
archaism |
articulation |
axiom |
Beatitude |
biological process |
boilerplate |
Briticism |
Britishism |
byword |
calque |
catchword |
choice of words |
clause |
cold turkey |
colloquialism |
communicating |
communication |
complement |
congratulation |
constituent |
countenance |
demo |
demonstration |
diction |
effusion |
epigram |
euphemism |
exponential expression |
expressive style |
felicitation |
grammatical constituent |
gush |
honorific |
idiom |
idiomatic expression |
involution |
lamentation |
language |
laughter |
leer |
light |
loan translation |
logion |
mathematical statement |
maxim |
motto |
mourning |
oral communication |
organic process |
outburst |
parlance |
phrasal idiom |
phrase |
phraseology |
phrasing |
predicator |
primitive |
proverb |
quip |
saw |
sentential function |
set phrase |
shibboleth |
shucks |
slogan |
southernism |
spark |
sparkle |
speech |
speech communication |
spoken communication |
spoken language |
squeeze |
squeezing |
style |
tongue twister |
verbiage |
visage |
voice |
voice communication |
wording
Expression In Webster's Dictionary
\Ex*pres"sion\ ([e^]ks*pr[e^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
expressio: cf. F. expression.]
1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure;
as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting
or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration;
utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
With this tone of philosophy were mingled
expressions of sympathy. --Prescott.
3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or
feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication,
whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner
or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas
and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her
performance on the piano has expression.
The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention
on his wonderful power of expression, have directed
their imitation to this. --M. Arnold.
4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a
work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or
feeling. ``The expression of an eye.''
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