| expression | the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing, the expression of milk from her breast |
expression
look aspect facial expression
face | the feelings expressed on a person's face, a sad expression, a look of triumph, an angry face |
conditioned emotional response
CER
conditioned emotion | an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning |
construction grammatical construction
expression | 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 |
parenthetical expression
parenthetical | an expression in parentheses, his writing was full of parentheticals |
formula
expression | a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement |
| circumlocution indirect expression | an indirect way of expressing something |
facial expression
facial gesture | a gesture executed with the facial muscles |
| expression manifestation reflection reflexion | expression without words, tears are an expression of grief, the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition |
formulation
expression | the style of expressing yourself, he suggested a better formulation, his manner of expression showed how much he cared |
| self-expression | the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) |
turn of phrase
turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
expression verbal expression
verbalism | the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions, expressions of good will, he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas, the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours |
saying
expression
locution | a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations, pardon the expression |
idiom idiomatic expression
phrasal idiom
set phrase
phrase r | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
slang slang expression
slang term | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions, often vituperative or vulgar, their speech was full of slang expressions |
| emotion | any strong feeling |
| gene expression | conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein |
| expression | (genetics) the process of expressing a gene |
| exponential expression | a mathematical expression consisting of a constant (especially e) raised to some power |
express emotion
express feelings | give verbal or other expression to one's feelings |