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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pres•sion /ɪkˈsprɛʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the act of expressing or setting forth in words:[uncountable]the free expression of opinions.
- [countable] a particular word, phrase, or form of words: "Round the bend'' is an old-fashioned expression meaning "crazy.''
- [uncountable] the manner or form in which a thing is expressed: delicacy of expression.
- a look on the face or a sound of the voice showing personal feeling:[countable]She had a happy expression on her face.
- Mathematics a mathematical symbol or set of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like:[countable]E = mc2 is an expression about the relationship of mass and energy.
ex•pres•sion•less, adj. See -press-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pres•sion (ik spresh′ən),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Mathematicsa symbol or a combination of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like.
- Linguisticsthe stylistic characteristics of an utterance (opposed to meaning).
- Linguisticsthe system of verbal utterances specific to a language (opposed to content).
- the act of expressing or pressing out.
- Computinga 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).
- Latin expressiōn- (stem of expressiō) a pressing out. See express, -ion
- late Middle English 1425–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged utterance, declaration, assertion, statement.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged term, idiom. See phrase.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged language, diction, phraseology.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged manifestation, sign.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aspect, air.
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