expression

[ ik-spresh-uhn ]

/ ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən /

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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.

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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

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At the time Milke entered death row, she was 26 years old, tall and slender with expressionless blue eyes and permed brown hair.

Death Row Debbie Milke Could Soon Be Free |Terry Greene Sterling |May 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In photographs, he says, she sports one of those “blank, expressionless faces” that lack variety and emotion.

A Book About Boredom Is Anything But |Jeremy Axelrod |June 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Little Hossein was pale and his eyes looked glassy and expressionless.

When Everything Changed |Gayle Tzemach Lemmon |March 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Through all the wild whirl, straight and erect and commanding was the form of Bob, his face cold and expressionless as an iceberg.

Friday, the Thirteenth |Thomas W. Lawson

Her smile fled and her features altered to an expressionless and colourless mask.

The Business of Life |Robert W. Chambers
The escaped convict was a middle-aged, sullen looking man with hard, expressionless eyes.

Swamp Island |Mildred A. Wirt
They closed once or twice, opened again, blue-green, expressionless.

The Firing Line |Robert W. Chambers
They seemed dull and expressionless, like the eyes of a new baby, but he was back for the world again.

Joe Wilson and His Mates |Henry Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for expressionless

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 expressionless

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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