ex·pres·sion
(ĭk-sprĕsh′ən)n.
1. The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation: an expression of rural values.
2. Something that expresses or communicates: Let this plaque serve as an expression of our esteem.
3. Mathematics A symbol or combination of symbols that represents a quantity or a relationship between quantities.
4. The manner in which one expresses oneself, especially in speaking, depicting, or performing.
5. A particular word or phrase: "an old Yankee expression ... 'Stand up and be counted'" (Charles Kuralt).
6. The outward manifestation of a mood or a disposition: My tears are an expression of my grief.
7. A facial aspect or a look that conveys a special feeling: an expression of scorn.
8. The act of pressing or squeezing out.
9. Genetics The act or process of expressing a gene.
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expression
(ɪkˈsprɛʃən)n
1. the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words
2. a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words: tears are an expression of grief.
3. (Art Terms) communication of emotion through music, painting, etc
4. a look on the face that indicates mood or emotion: a joyful expression.
5. (Linguistics) the choice of words, phrases, syntax, intonation, etc, in communicating
6. a particular phrase used conventionally to express something: a dialect expression.
7. the act or process of forcing or squeezing out a liquid
8. (Mathematics) maths a variable, function, or some combination of constants, variables, or functions
9. (Genetics) genetics the effect of a particular gene on the phenotype
exˈpressional adj
exˈpressionless adj
exˈpressionlessly adv
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ex•pres•sion
(ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən)n.
1. the act of expressing or setting forth in words: the free expression of opinions.
2. a particular word, phrase, or form of words: old-fashioned expressions.
3. the manner or form in which a thing is expressed: delicacy of expression.
4. the power of expressing in words: joy beyond expression.
5. outward indication of feeling or character.
6. a facial look or vocal intonation expressing personal feeling.
7. the quality or power of expressing an attitude, emotion, etc.: a face that lacks expression.
8. the act of expressing or representing, as by symbols.
9. a mathematical symbol or combination of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like.
10. the act or product of pressing out.
11.
a. the action of a gene in the production of a protein or a phenotype.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Latin]
ex•pres′sion•al, adj.
ex•pres′sion•less, adj.
ex•pres′sion•less•ly, adv.
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| Noun | 1. |  expression - the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"countenance, visage - the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" leer - a suggestive or sneering look or grin |
| 2. |  expression - expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"lamentation, mourning - the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief demo, demonstration - a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response" act - a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit" | |
| 3. | expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours" communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" articulation, voice - expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" cold turkey - a blunt expression of views; "I told him cold turkey" felicitation, congratulation - (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage" | |
| 4. |  expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"Beatitude - one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'" logion - a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels calque, calque formation, loan translation - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'" advice and consent - a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making ambiguity - an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh dysphemism - an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter" shucks - an expression of disappointment or irritation speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" tongue twister - an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly; "`rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister" anatomical, anatomical reference - an expression that relates to anatomy southernism - a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States adage, byword, proverb, saw - a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase, idiom - an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up agrapha - sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels sumpsimus - a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression; "he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus" | |
| 5. | expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" sentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" honorific - an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics" archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression boilerplate - standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Americanism - an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism - an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) choice of words, phraseology, wording, phrasing, verbiage, diction - the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton | |
| 6. |  expression - a group of symbols that make a mathematical statementmath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement sentential function - formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants primitive - a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived mathematical statement - a statement of a mathematical relation exponential expression - a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power | |
| 7. |  expression - (genetics) the process of expressing a genegenetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms | |
| 8. | expression - 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" adjunct - a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence grammatical constituent, constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction clause - (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence complement - a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction involution - a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence predicator - an expression that predicates | |
| 9. | expression - the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast" |
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expression
noun
1. statement, declaration, announcement, communication, mention, assertion, utterance, articulation, pronouncement, enunciation, verbalization, asseveration From Cairo came expressions of regret at the attack.
2. indication, demonstration, exhibition, display, showing, show, sign, symbol, representation, token, manifestation, embodiment We attended as an expression of solidarity.
3. look, countenance, face, air, appearance, aspect, mien (literary) He sat there with a sad expression on his face.
4. intonation, style, delivery, phrasing, emphasis, execution, diction She puts a lot of expression into her playing.
5. phrase, saying, word, wording, term, language, speech, remark, maxim, idiom, adage, choice of words, turn of phrase, phraseology, locution, set phrase He uses some remarkably coarse expressions.
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expression
noun1. The act or an instance of expressing in words:
2. Vivid, effective, or persuasive communication in speech or artistic performance:
3. The act or process of describing in lifelike imagery:
4. Something that takes the place of words in communicating a thought or feeling:
5. A sound or combination of sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning:
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Translations
تَعْبيرتَعْبِيرتَعْبير عنتَعْبير عن الشُّعورتَعْبير لغوي
vyjádřenívýraz
udtrykvendingfølelsetilkendegivelse
avaldisavaldumineekspressioonilmesõnastus
ilmaisuilmausilmeilmentymälauseke
izraz
arckifejezéskifejezésszóhasználatszólás
orîtak, orîatiltækisvipur, yfirbragîtilfinning; tjáningtjáning
表現
표현
verbumvultus
výraz
izrazizražanje
uttryckansiktsuttryckmin
การแสดงออก
sự diễn tả
expression
[ɪksˈpreʃən] N (gen, facial) → expresión f; (= feeling) → expresión f; (= token) → señal f (Ling) → frase f, expresión fshe had a puzzled expression on her face → había una expresión de perplejidad en su rostro
as an expression of gratitude → en señal de agradecimiento or gratitud
if you'll pardon the expression → con perdón de la expresión
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
expression
[ɪkˈsprɛʃən] n [face] → expression f
(= manifestation) → expression f
[goodwill, concern] → témoignage m
(= feeling) → expression f
Try to sing with more expression → Essayez de chanter en mettant plus d'expression.
Try to sing with more expression → Essayez de chanter en mettant plus d'expression.
(= phrase) → expression f
It's an English expression → C'est une expression anglaise. freedom of expression
It's an English expression → C'est une expression anglaise. freedom of expression
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expression
n
(= expressing: of opinions, friendship, affection, joy) → Äußerung f, → Ausdruck m; as an expression of our gratitude → zum Ausdruck unserer Dankbarkeit; to give expression to something → etw zum Ausdruck bringen; from Cairo came expressions of regret at the attack → Kairo brachte Bedauern über den Angriff zum Ausdruck; popular discontent which found expression in acts of violence → allgemeine Unzufriedenheit, die sich in Gewalttaten äußerte
(= feeling: in music, art etc) → Ausdruck m; you need to put more expression into it → Sie müssen das ausdrucksvoller spielen; to play something with expression → etw ausdrucksvoll spielen
(= phrase etc) → Ausdruck m
(of face) → (Gesichts)ausdruck m; you could tell by his expression that … → man konnte an seinem Gesichtsausdruck erkennen, dass …; a face devoid of expression → ein ausdrucksloses Gesicht
(Math) → Ausdruck m
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express
(ikˈspres) verb1. to put into words. He expressed his ideas very clearly.
2. (with oneself etc) to put one's own thoughts into words. You haven't expressed yourself clearly.
3. to show (thoughts, feelings etc) by looks, actions etc. She nodded to express her agreement.
4. to send by fast (postal) delivery. Will you express this letter, please?
adjective1. travelling, carrying goods etc, especially fast. an express train; express delivery.
2. clearly stated. You have disobeyed my express wishes.
adverb by express train or fast delivery service. Send your letter express.
noun1. an express train. the London to Cardiff express.
2. the service provided eg by the post office for carrying goods etc quickly. The parcel was sent by express.
exˈpressly adverb in clear, definite words. I expressly forbade you to do that.
exˈpression (-ʃən) noun1. a look on one's face that shows one's feelings. He always has a bored expression on his face.
2. a word or phrase. `Dough' is a slang expression for `money`.
3. (a) showing of thoughts or feelings by words, actions etc. This poem is an expression of his grief.
4. the showing of feeling when eg reciting, reading aloud or playing a musical instrument. Put more expression into your playing!
exˈpressionless adjective (of a face or voice) showing no feeling. a cold, expressionless tone.
exˈpressive (-siv) adjective showing meaning or feeling clearly. She has an expressive look on her face.
exˈpressiveness nounexˈpressively adverb
exˈpressway noun
a divided highway; a motorway.
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expression
→ تَعْبِير vyjádření udtryk Äußerung έκφραση expresión ilmaus expression izraz espressione 表現 표현 uitdrukking ytring wyrażenie expressão выражение uttryck การแสดงออก anlatım sự diễn tả 表情Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ex·pres·sion
n. expresión, aspecto o apariencia que se registra en la cara; medio de expresar algo.
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