expression

[ ik-spresh-uhn ]

/ ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən /

noun

the act of expressing or setting forth in words: the free expression of political opinions.

a particular word, phrase, or form of words: old-fashioned expressions.

the manner or form in which a thing is expressed in words; wording; phrasing: delicacy of expression.

the power of expressing in words: joy beyond expression.

indication of feeling, spirit, character, etc., as on the face, in the voice, or in artistic execution: the lyric expression embodied in his poetry.

a look or intonation expressing personal reaction, feeling, etc.: a shocked expression.

the quality or power of expressing an attitude, emotion, etc.: a face that lacks expression; to read with expression.

the act of expressing or representing, as by symbols.

Mathematics. a symbol or a combination of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like.

Linguistics. the stylistic characteristics of an utterance (opposed to meaning).

Linguistics. the system of verbal utterances specific to a language (opposed to content¹).

the act of expressing or pressing out.

Computers. a combination of variables, constants, and functions linked by operation symbols and any required punctuation that describe a rule for calculating a value.

Genetics.

the action of a gene in the production of a protein or a phenotype.
expressivity(def 2).

Origin of expression

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin expressiōn- (stem of expressiō) a pressing out. See express, -ion

SYNONYMS FOR expression

1 utterance, declaration, assertion, statement.

2 term, idiom. See phrase.

3 language, diction, phraseology.

5 manifestation, sign.

6 aspect, air.

OTHER WORDS FROM expression

ex·pres·sion·al, adjective ex·pres·sion·less, adjective ex·pres·sion·less·ly, adverb pre·ex·pres·sion, noun

re·ex·pres·sion, noun su·per·ex·pres·sion, noun

Words nearby expression

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Example sentences from the Web for expressional

The expressional changes of pitch, which constitute the 'melody,' or the 'inflections' of the sentences, play an important part.

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 |Various
He would have none of a formal and merely decorative beauty—a beauty serving no expressional need of the heart or the imagination.

Edward MacDowell |Lawrence Gilman
The expressional impulse is not satisfied by the resonance which an occasional public, however sympathetic, is able to afford.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park
As a result of this craving the expressional activities lead to artistic production.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park

Yet it was these emotional, expressional women that Annabel Vyner naturally joined.

I, Thou, and the Other One |Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

British Dictionary definitions for expressional

expression

/ (ɪkˈsprɛʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words

a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words tears are an expression of grief

communication of emotion through music, painting, etc

a look on the face that indicates mood or emotion a joyful expression

the choice of words, phrases, syntax, intonation, etc, in communicating

a particular phrase used conventionally to express something a dialect expression

the act or process of forcing or squeezing out a liquid

maths a variable, function, or some combination of constants, variables, or functions

genetics the effect of a particular gene on the phenotype

Derived forms of expression

expressional, adjective expressionless, adjective expressionlessly, adverb

Medical definitions for expressional

expression

[ ĭk-sprĕsh′ən ]

n.

The act of pressing or squeezing out.

The outward manifestation of a mood or disposition by mobility of the facial features; facies.

The phenotype manifested by a genotype under fixed environmental conditions.

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