Word: Expression
How to pronounce: ɪksˈpreʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
Example sentences: "She accepted his expressions of sympathy"
2. A look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion.
Example sentences: "A sad expression"
3. A word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea.
Example sentences: "Nowhere is the expression “garbage in, garbage out” any truer"
4. The production of something, especially by pressing or squeezing it out.
5. The appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene.
Example sentences: "Expression of the TAT gene is restricted to the parenchymal cells"
Synonyms:
term
expr
reflection
phrasing
manifestation
word
wording
idiom
verbal expression
articulation
utterance
statement
formulation
voice
look
cast
locution
lvalue
face
countenance
visage
equation
formula
phrase
construction
Derivations:
expressing
expressed
expressive
expressible
expressionless
expressivity
expressiveness
express
expressionism
expressionist
expressively
expressly
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Expression in Other Languages...
Spanish: Expresion
German: Ausdruck
French: Expression
Italian: Espressione
Turkish: Ifade
