EXPRESSION

noun: expression; plural noun: expressions

1. the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.

"his views found expression in his moral sermons"

synonyms
utterance, uttering, voicing, pronouncement, declaration, articulation,assertion, setting
forth;
dissemination, circulation, communication,spreading, promulgation
"the free expression of opposition views"

indication, demonstration, show, exhibition, token;

communication, illustration, revelation
"an expression of sympathy"

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"

synonyms: emotion, feeling, spirit, passion, intensity; style, intonation, tone

"these pieces are very different in expression"

2. the look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion.

"a sad expression"

synonyms: look, appearance, air, manner, countenance, mien

"an expression of harassed fatigue"
3. a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea.
"nowhere is the expression garbage in, garbage out any truer"
synonym idiom, phrase, idiomatic
s expressionproverb, saying, adage, maxim,axiom, aphorism, saw, motto, platitu
de, clich
"a timeworn expression

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a collection of symbols that jointly express a quantity.
"the expression for the circumference of a circle is 2r"

4. the production of something, especially by pressing or squeezing it out.

"essential oils obtained by distillation or expression"
synonyms: squeezing, pressing, extraction, extracting
"essential oils obtained by expression"

5. GENETICS
the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular
gene.
the process by which possession of a gene leads to the appearance in the
phenotype of the corresponding character.
noun: gene expression; plural noun: gene expressions
Origin

late Middle English: from Latin expressio(n-), from exprimere press out, express.
Compare with express1.

NOUN
1.the act of expressing or setting forth in words:
the free expression of political opinions.

2.a particular word, phrase, or form of words:

old-fashioned expressions.

3.the manner or form in which a thing is expressed in words; wording;phrasing:

delicacy of expression.

4.the power of expressing in words:

joy beyond expression.

5.indication of feeling, spirit, character, etc., as on the face, in the voice,or in artistic exe
cution:
the lyric expression embodied in his poetry.

6.a look or intonation expressing personal reaction, feeling, etc.:

a shocked expression.

7.the quality or power of expressing an attitude, emotion, etc.:

a face that lacks expression; to read with expression

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