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Expression

Expression Meaning & Definition
Expression Definition And Meaning

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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