expression
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/, X-SAMPA: /Ik"spr\ES.@n/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʃən
- Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧sion
Noun [edit]
expression (plural expressions)
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- 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.
- (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.
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Translations [edit]
particular way of phrasing an idea
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colloquialism or idiom
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facial appearance
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mathematics: arrangement of symbols
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process of translating a gene into a protein
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(computing) a piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value
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Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: bright · scarcely · Paris · #733: expression · Duke · battle · bound
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Noun [edit]
expression f (plural expressions)
Interlingua [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).
Noun [edit]
expression (plural expressiones)
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin expressiō (“a pressing out”).
Noun [edit]
expression f (plural expressions)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Mathematics
- en:Biology
- en:Programming
- en:Semantics
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Interlingua terms derived from Latin
- Interlingua nouns
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais nouns