expression
noun
[ ɪkˈsprɛʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
• "the prisoners developed a dialect as an everyday means of expression"
Similar:
utterance,
uttering,
voicing,
pronouncement,
declaration,
articulation,
verbalization,
statement,
proclamation,
assertion,
announcement,
setting forth,
venting,
mouthing,
dissemination,
broadcast,
circulation,
communication,
spreading,
promulgation,
publicizing,
publication,
asseveration,
indication,
intimation,
demonstration,
show,
exhibition,
manifestation,
token,
conveyance,
illustration,
revelation,
disclosure,
embodiment,
• a look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion.
• "a sad expression"
Similar:
look,
appearance,
air,
manner,
bearing,
countenance,
guise,
cast,
aspect,
impression,
mien,
• a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea.
• "we have an expression, ‘You don't get owt for nowt.’"
Similar:
idiom,
phrase,
idiomatic expression,
set phrase,
proverb,
saying,
adage,
maxim,
axiom,
aphorism,
saw,
motto,
platitude,
cliché,
quotation,
quote,
formula,
term,
word,
old chestnut,
locution,
• the production of something by pressing it out.
• "essential oils obtained by distillation or expression"
• the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene.
• "expression of the TAT gene is restricted to the parenchymal cells"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin expressio(n- ), from exprimere ‘press out, express’. Compare with express1.
