ex·pres·sion ( k-spr sh  n)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. |
expression
Noun
1. the transforming of ideas into words
2. a showing of emotion without words
3. communication of emotion through music, painting, etc.
4. a look on the face that indicates mood or emotion
5. a particular phrase used conventionally to express something
6. Maths a variable, function, or some combination of these
expressionless adj
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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" |
expression
noun 1. statement, declaration, announcement, communication, mention, assertion, utterance, articulation, pronouncement, enunciation, verbalization, asseveration
noun 2. indication, demonstration, exhibition, display, showing, show, sign, symbol, representation, token, manifestation, embodiment
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