expression
pronunciation
How to pronounce expression in British English:
UK [ɪkˈspreʃn]
How to pronounce expression in American English:
US [ɪkˈspreʃn]
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- Noun:
- the expression on a person's face
- expression without words
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- the style of expressing yourself
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
Word Origin
- expression (n.)
- early 15c., "action of pressing out;" later "action of manifesting a feeling" (mid-15c.); "a putting into words" (late 15c.); from Middle French expression (14c.), from Late Latin expressionem (nominative expressio) "expression, vividness," in classical Latin "a pressing out, a projection," noun of action from past participle stem of exprimere "represent, describe," literally "press out" (see express (v.)). Meaning "an action or creation that expresses feelings" is from 1620s. Of the face, from 1774. Occasionally the word also was used literally, for "the action of squeezing out." Related: Expressional.
Example
- 1. The epigenome governs patterns of gene expression .
- 2. Let me get another expression for the spring compression .
- 3. Each expression conveys a set of related messages .
- 4. This gives the correlation of force and its expression .
- 5. Her eyes were large and brilliant , with a singular expression approaching almost to wildness .