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Expression   /ɪksprˈɛʃən/   Listen
Expression

noun
1.
The feelings expressed on a person's face.  Synonyms: aspect, face, facial expression, look.  "A look of triumph" , "An angry face"
2.
Expression without words.  Synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion.  "The pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
3.
The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions.  Synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism.  "He helped me find verbal expression for my ideas" , "The idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
4.
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.  Synonyms: locution, saying.
5.
The style of expressing yourself.  Synonym: formulation.  "His manner of expression showed how much he cared"
6.
A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.  Synonym: formula.
7.
(genetics) the process of expressing a gene.
8.
A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.  Synonyms: construction, grammatical construction.  Antonym: misconstruction.
9.
The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.



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"Expression" Quotes from Famous Books



... brushing the hair from his eyes. He glanced in the direction of the cornfield, and a quick grin flickered across the absorbed expression ...
— The Riverman • Stewart Edward White
... in silence for a few minutes, Walter scanning the scrub in passing with a puzzled expression growing upon ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely
... to say that she has told you all about it?" And he turned away from his work, and looked up into our faces with a comical expression, half of fun and half ...
— Stories By English Authors: Italy • Various
... enough for you, it's safe enough for us," said Eliza. Climbing into the boat, she plumped herself down with a look which seemed to defy any power to remove her. Her blue eyes met O'Neil's gray ones with an expression he had never seen ...
— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach
... stumpy; so that when he had on his great monkey-jacket, and sou'west cap flapping in his face, and his sea boots drawn up to his knees, he looked like a fat porpoise, standing on end. He had a round face, too, like a walrus; and with about the same expression, half human and half indescribable. He was, upon the whole, a good-natured fellow, and a little given to looking at sea-life romantically; singing songs about susceptible mermaids who fell in love with handsome young oyster boys and ...
— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville


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