expression

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English

Most common English words: bright « scarcely « Paris « #733: expression » Duke » battle » bound

Etymology

From Middle English < Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

Noun

expression (plural expressions)

  1. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
  2. A colloquialism or idiom.
    The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.
  3. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
  4. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
  5. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
  6. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
  7. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.

Derived terms

Related terms

French

Etymology

From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

Noun

expression f. (plural expressions)

  1. expression

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression (plural expressiones)

  1. expression

 

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