expression
1. the feelings expressed on a person's face (Freq. 23)
- a sad expression
- a look of triumph
- an angry face
• Syn:
look, aspect, facial expression, face
• Derivationally related forms:
look (for: look)
• Hypernyms:
countenance, visage
• Hyponyms:
leer, sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
2. expression without words (Freq. 18)
- tears are an expression of grief
- the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition
• Syn:
manifestation, reflection, reflexion
• Derivationally related forms:
manifest (for: manifestation)
• Hypernyms:
demonstration, demo
• Hyponyms:
lamentation, mourning, act, effusion, gush,
outburst, blowup, ebullition
3. the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions (Freq. 15)
- expressions of good will
- he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas
- the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours
• Syn:
verbal expression, verbalism
• Derivationally related forms:
express
• Hypernyms:
communication, communicating
• Hyponyms:
articulation, voice, cold turkey, congratulation, felicitation
4. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations (Freq. 5)
- pardon the expression
• Syn:
saying, locution
• Derivationally related forms:
say (for: saying)
• Hypernyms:
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language,
voice communication, oral communication
• Hyponyms:
Beatitude, logion, calque, calque formation, loan translation,
advice and consent, ambiguity, euphemism, dysphemism, shucks, tongue twister,
anatomical reference, anatomical, southernism, motto, slogan, catchword,
shibboleth, maxim, axiom, epigram, quip, proverb,
adage, saw, byword, idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom,
set phrase, phrase, agrapha, sumpsimus
5. the style of expressing yourself (Freq. 4)
- he suggested a better formulation
- his manner of expression showed how much he cared
• Syn:
formulation
• Derivationally related forms:
formulate (for: formulation)
• Hypernyms:
expressive style, style
• Hyponyms:
sentimentalism, honorific, archaism, archaicism, boilerplate,
colloquialism, parlance, idiom, Americanism, Anglicism, Briticism,
Briticism, wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology,
choice of words, verbiage
6. a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
formula
• Derivationally related forms:
formularize (for: formula)
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
mathematical statement
• Hyponyms:
sentential function, primitive, exponential expression
7. (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
• Derivationally related forms:
express
• Topics:
genetics, genetic science
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
8. 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
• Syn:
construction, grammatical construction
• Ant:
misconstruction (for: construction)
• Hypernyms:
constituent, grammatical constituent
• Hyponyms:
adjunct, clause, complement, involution, phrase, predicator
9. the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- the expression of milk from her breast
• Derivationally related forms:
express
• Hypernyms:
squeeze, squeezing
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