Expression

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation: an expression of rural values.
  • n. Something that expresses or communicates: Let this plaque serve as an expression of our esteem.
  • n. Mathematics A symbol or combination of symbols that represents a quantity or a relationship between quantities.
  • n. The manner in which one expresses oneself, especially in speaking, depicting, or performing.
  • n. A particular word or phrase: "an old Yankee expression . . . 'Stand up and be counted'” ( Charles Kuralt).
  • n. The outward manifestation of a mood or a disposition: My tears are an expression of my grief.
  • n. A facial aspect or a look that conveys a special feeling: an expression of scorn.
  • n. The act of pressing or squeezing out.
  • n. Genetics The act or process of expressing a gene.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
  • n. A colloquialism or idiom.
  • n. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
  • n. An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
  • n. The process of translating a gene into a protein.
  • n. A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
  • n. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; ; also, of extorting or eliciting.
  • n. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance.
  • n. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments
  • n. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.
  • n. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase
  • n. The representation of any quantity or relation by appropriate characters or symbols, usually in a specific order.
  • n. the production of products by a gene that cause the appearance of the corresponding protein or phenotype; -- of a gene or of an organism with a specific gene;
  • n. a combination of characters linked by operators, occurring as part of the code of a computer program, which must be evaluated according to the rules of the computer language in order to produce a resulting value.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of expressing or forcing out by pressure, as juices and oils from plants.
  • n. The act of expressing, or embodying or representing in speech, writing, or action; utterance; declaration; representation; manifestation: as, an expression of the public will.
  • n. Mode of expressing; manner of giving forth or manifesting thoughts, feelings, sentiments, ideas, etc.
  • n. Used absolutely, expressive utterance; significant manifestation; lucid exposition of thoughts or ideas: as, he lacks expression, or the faculty of expression.
  • n. The outward indication of some interior state, property, or function; especially, appearance as indicative of character, feeling, or emotion; significant look or attitude: as, a mild or a fierce expression (of the eye or of the whole person); a peculiar expression.
  • n. That which is expressed or uttered; an utterance; a saying; a phrase or mode of speech: as, an uncommon expression.
  • n. In rhetoric, the peculiar manner of utterance as affected by the subject and sentiment; elocution; diction.
  • n. In art and music, the method of bringing out or exhibiting the character and meaning of a work in all or any of its details; clear representation of ideas, emotions, etc., in a work of art or a musical performance; effective execution.
  • n. In algebra, any algebraical symbol, or, especially, a combination of symbols, as (x + y) z.
  • n. In obstetrics: Credé's method, compression of the flaccid uterus by the hand externally applied in order to express the placenta after the birth of the child.
  • n. Kristeller's method, pressure and friction of the uterus made by the hand on the abdominal wall, in order to hasten the birth of the child.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the style of expressing yourself
  • n. a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
  • n. the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
  • n. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
  • n. (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
  • n. expression without words
  • n. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
  • n. the feelings expressed on a person's face
  • n. the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
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    declaration    utterance    phrase    squeezing    squeezing out    statement    emission    wording    communication    vent   
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    tone    manner    feel    look    attitude    language    aspect    beauty    passage    clauses