English Online Dictionary. What means expression? What does expression mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Morphologically express + -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/, /ɛkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɛʃən
- Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧sion
Noun
expression (countable and uncountable, plural expressions)
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:expression.
- (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.
- A specific blend of whisky.
- (biology) (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
- (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
- (mostly preceded by with) emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
- 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
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- expression pedal
Translations
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French expression, borrowed from Latin expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃/, /ɛk.spʁe.sjɔ̃/, (informal) /ɛs.pʁe.sjɔ̃/
Noun
expression f (plural expressions)
- expression
Derived terms
Related terms
- exprimer
Further reading
- “expression”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Etymology
From Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Noun
expression (plural expressiones)
- expression
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Noun
expression f (plural expressions)
- (Jersey) expression