"expressions" in the noun sense
1. expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
the feelings expressed on a person's face
"a sad expression"
"a look of triumph"
"an angry face"
2. expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
expression without words
"tears are an expression of grief"
"the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
3. 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"
4. saying, expression, locution
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
"pardon the expression"
5. formulation, expression
the style of expressing yourself
"he suggested a better formulation"
"his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
6. formula, expression
a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
7. expression
genetics) the process of expressing a gene
8. 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"
9. expression
the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
"the expression of milk from her breast"
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