expression
About 75.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- noun A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- noun A colloquialism or idiom.
The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.
- noun A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
They stared at the newcomer with a puzzled expression.
- noun An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- noun The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- noun A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- noun A specific blend of whisky.
Similar words
saying locution manifestation aspect look formulation formula facial expression reflexion reflection
Often followed by
of in for is and to on that was
Word family
expressional expressions
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