expression

[Ex*pres·sion]

The look on your face sad, happy, bored, amused is an expression. Your expression lets people know what you're feeling, unless you're good at hiding your emotions.

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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

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the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast"

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the expression on a person''s face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"

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a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"

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a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

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expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart''s condition"

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the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"

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the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find expression for my ideas"

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a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

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(genetics) the process of expressing a gene


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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

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The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.

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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; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.

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That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.

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A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.

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The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.


Expression

Ex*pres"sion , n. [L. expressio. cf. F. expression.] 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth. 2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy.
3. 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; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.
The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of expression, have directed their imitation to this.
4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling. "The expression of an eye." Tennyson.
It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian.
5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression. 6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton.

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

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Usage Examples

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.

Art is nothing but the expression of our dream the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Beauty without expression is boring.

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Other Usage Examples

Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being.

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny it is the political defense of women hating.

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