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- DictionaryEx·pres·sion/ikˈspreSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings: "she accepted his expressions of sympathy" Similar utteranceutteringvoicingpronouncementdeclarationarticulationverbalizationstatementproclamationassertionannouncementsetting forthventingmouthingdisseminationbroadcastcirculationcommunicationspreadingpromulgationpublicizingpublicationrare:asseverationindicationintimationdemonstrationshowexhibitionmanifestationtokenconveyancecommunicationillustrationrevelationdisclosureembodiment
- ▪ the conveying of feeling in the face or voice, in a work of art, or in the performance of a piece of music: "eyes empty of expression" Similar dictionstylechoice of wordsturn of phrasewordingphrasingphraseologylanguagedeliveryexecutionspeechintonationemotionfeelingpassionintensitypoignancystyleintonationtonenuanceartistrydepthspiritimaginationvividnessardorpowerforce
- 2. a look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion: "a sad expression" Similar lookappearanceairmannerbearingcountenanceguisecastaspectimpressionformal:mien
- 3. a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea: "nowhere is the expression “garbage in, garbage out” any truer" Similar idiomphraseidiomatic expressionset phraseproverbsayingadagemaximaxiomaphorismsawmottoplatitudeclichéquotationquoteformulatermwordinformal:old chestnutformal:locution
- ▪ a collection of symbols that jointly express a quantity: "the expression for the circumference of a circle is 2πr"
- 4. the production of something, especially by pressing or squeezing it out: "essential oils obtained by distillation or expression" Similar squeezingpressingwringingforcing outextractionextracting
- 5. the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene: "expression of the TAT gene is restricted to the parenchymal cells"
- ▪ the process by which possession of a gene leads to the appearance in the phenotype of the corresponding character.
Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expressio(n-), from exprimere ‘press out, express’. Compare with express1.
Derivatives
- 1. expressional adjective
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