noun
- The feelings expressed on a person's face.
- usage: "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
- synonyms: look, aspect, facial expression, face
- Expression without words.
- usage: "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
- synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion
- The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions.
- usage: "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
- synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism
- A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
- usage: "pardon the expression"
- The style of expressing yourself.
- usage: "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
- synonyms: formulation
- A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
- synonyms: formula
- Genetics) the process of expressing a gene. (
- A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
- usage: "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
- synonyms: construction, grammatical construction
- The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.
- usage: "the expression of milk from her breast"
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