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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.
9.
The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.



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"Expression" Quotes from Famous Books



... I noticed, seemed to draw himself up very stiff and dignified when she stopped and spoke to us; and the look with which he favored MacRae was a peculiar one. It was simply a vagrant expression, but as it flitted over his face it lacked nothing in the way of surprised disapproval; I might go farther and say it was malignant—the kind of look that makes a man feel like reaching for a weapon. At least, that's the impression it ...
— Raw Gold - A Novel • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... gown, her cloak Fell chastely: no disguise, But expression! while she broke With her clear grey morning-eyes Full upon ...
— The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
... with a fixed expression, and with eyes askew upon the ship as he drove past, swimming very finely with long easy flourishes of his arms and dexterous thrusts of his legs, whilst the end of his tail stood up astern of him as though it was some comical little man ...
— The Honour of the Flag • W. Clark Russell
... life of Jacob and Rachel, developing undisturbed by the inevitable jealousies and vexations connected with the double marriage. Still this love was the solace of Jacob's troubled life and remained unabated until Rachel died and then found expression in tenderness for Benjamin. "the son of my right hand." It was no accident, but has a great significance, that this most ardent and faithful of Jewish lovers should have deeper spiritual experiences ...
— The Woman's Bible. • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
... to one of relieved welcome when she saw Farwell. She had some food ready for him—every night she had been prepared—and he ate it ravenously. She noted how white and weary he looked, but the triumphant expression in his sad eyes did ...
— The Place Beyond the Winds • Harriet T. Comstock


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