expression
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
business
computing
engineering
entertainment
lifestyle
manufacturing
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Morphologically express + -ion.
Base: express
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: expressions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are lots of great actresses who dress beautifully, but in the modern day, nearly all of them use stylists. They may know what they like—when they’re presented with gowns and outfits, they’re perfectly equipped to say yes or no—but you rarely get the sense that what they’re wearing is a true expression of who they are.
gloss: A particular way of phrasing an idea.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A colloquialism or idiom.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.
gloss: A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They stared at the newcomer with a puzzled expression.
The best poker players can tell if the opponents have a good hand by looking at their expression.
Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired.
Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
gloss: An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of translating a gene into a protein.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A specific blend of whisky.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of pressing or squeezing out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: expression from a gland
Breast milk expression can be achieved by hand or with a pump.
However the mechanical expression of juice led to an improvement of the solutes extraction from mash.
gloss: The tone of voice or sound in music.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The number of children who could read with expression would be very small ; ...
I cannot say that all read with expression. Indeed , this power is hardly to be expected in young children . And though “ to read with expression ...
1976, Aline D. Wolf, Tutoring is Caring: You Can Help Someone to Read, Parent Child Press
Perhaps when you were learning to read , you were asked to stand and " read with expression " for your classmates
To read with expression, readers must know when to pause appropriately, must know when to change their tone to reflect the emotions of different characters, ...
Think of reading words like reading music. When you read with expression, your audience will understand and appreciate your “performance.” Name ...
Related words: expression pedal
Derived words: agroexpression
bioexpression
coexpression
downexpression
dysexpression
express
expressible
expressional
expressionful
expressionism
expressionist
expressionless
expressionlet
expression of interest
expression stop
expression template
expressive
facial expression
freedom of expression
free expression
gender expression
gene expression
hyperexpression
hypoexpression
immunoexpression
inexpression
infraexpression
microexpression
misexpression
multi-word expression
multiword expression
neoexpression
nonexpression
overexpression
pardon the expression
reexpression
R-expression
RNA expression pattern
RNA expression profile
self-expression
S-expression
s-expression
simplified expression
subexpression
superexpression
surexpression
symbolic expression
synexpression
underexpression
upexpression
viscoexpression
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