Expression

Definition: Expression

Expression

Noun

1. The expression on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face".

2. Expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition".

3. The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find expression for my ideas".

4. A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression".

5. The style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared".

6. A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.

7. 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".

8. The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast".

Date "expression" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Expression Any piece of program code in a high-level language which, when (if) its execution terminates, returns a value. In most programming languages, expressions consist of constants, variables, operators, functions, and parentheses. The operators and functions may be built-in or user defined. Languages differ on how expressions of different types may be combined - with some combination of explicit casts and implicit coercions. The syntax of expressions generally follows conventional mathematical notation, though some languages such as Lisp or Forth have their own idiosyncratic syntax. (2001-05-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Biology & Biotechnology	Characteristics of the plant varieties and their state of expression [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	The weight of liquid retained by textile material after mangling or hydroextraction, calculated as a percentage of the air-dry weight of the goods. (If the dry weight is used, this should be indicated. ). Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Expression A geographical expression. A term applied to a tract of country with no recognised nationality. "This territory is to a very great extent occupied by one race ... and yet to the present day Germany is little more than a geographical expression." - Daily Telegraph (before 1871). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Medicine	Ca 2+ activates enzymes that degrade DNA, proteins and phospholipids. Phospholipid break down leads to the formation of arachidonic acid, which, when metabolized, gives rise to oxygen free radicals that harm the cell membrane and to eicosanoid molecules. Eicosanoids, together with activated platelet activating factor(PAF), another by product of phospholipid breakdown, promote blockage of previously healthy vessels and the spread of ischemia. Meanwhile continuing destruction of cellular constituents kills the neurons. Source: European Union. (references)
Post & Telecom	In the transmission or reception of protocol data unit(PDU)elements:statement on the(required)number of occurrences. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
EXPR	English	Expression	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Expression

Synonyms: aspect (n), construction (n), face (n), facial expression (n), formula (n), formulation (n), grammatical construction (n), locution (n), look (n), manifestation (n), reflection (n), reflexion (n), saying (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: terming (language).

Antonym: misconstruction (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Extraction	Evulsion, avulsion; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection; export; (egress).
Greatness	Unlimited; (infinite); unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous.
Imagination	Noun: meaning; signification, significance; sense, expression; import, purport; force; drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring; scope.
Manifestation	Noun: {ant. } manifestation; plainness; Adjective: plain speaking; expression; showing; Verb: exposition, demonstration; exhibition, production; display, show; showing off; premonstration. exhibit.
Neologism	Noun: neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce expression; back-formation; caconym; barbarism.
Nomenclature	Term, expression, noun;byword; convertible terms; technical term; cant.
Phrase	Verb: express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression to; voice; arrange in words, clothe in words, put into words, express by words; couch in terms; find words to express; speak by the card; call, denominate, designate, dub.
	Noun: phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech; idiom, idiotism; turn of expression; style.
Style	Noun: style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain; composition; mode of expression, choice of words; mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer; command of language; (eloquence); authorship; la morgue litteraire.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Expression

English words defined with "expression": exponential expression ♦ facial expression ♦ idiomatic expression, Imaginary expression ♦ To reduce an expression. (references)

Specialty definitions using "expression": boolean expression ♦ creative expression ♦ date expression, date type expression ♦ executable expression, expression tree ♦ lambda expression ♦ maximal free expression ♦ path expression ♦ String EXpression Interpreter ♦ ZF expression. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Expression" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (expression, idiom, look, phrase, term, utterance).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	See? I knew you were paying attention! I don't know, lose the sad mouth, the meloncholy expression and I could get you an upgrade (Sliding Doors; writing credit: Peter Howitt.) Money, pardon the expression, is like manure (Hello, Dolly!; writing credit: Ernest Lehman; Michael Stewart) Jeez Honey it's just an expression. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) All the dumb things in the world are done with that facial expression. Smile, gentlemen, smile (Tot samyj Myunkhgauzen; writing credit: Grigori Gorin) Your mouth is an expression of discontent and hunger (Viskningar och rop; writing credit: Ingmar Bergman)
Lyrics	The expression on your face (Insensitive; performing artist: Jann Arden) And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression. (The Gambler; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) Now I've learned that love needs expression (She's Out of My Life; performing artist: Michael Jackson) No expression on my face (RHYTHM OF MY HEART; performing artist: Rod Stewart) A pure expression (This Song: For The True And Passionate Lovers Of Music; performing artist: Shai)
Clever	Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. (references; author: Mark Twain) Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Pardon the Expression (1966) Studies in Expression (1911) Facial Expression (1902) An Expression (1988)
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Domain	Title
Books	Statistical Analysis of Gene Expression Microarray Data (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bba Gene Structure And Expression (reference) Dance Expression Magazine (reference) Expression (reference) L Expression (reference) L Expression De Lanaudiere (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Private Expression (reference) Breastfeeding Techniques That Work! Volume 6 - Hand Expression (reference) Jacob Lawrence:The Glory of Expression (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Expression (reference) In An Expression of the Inexpressible (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Epson Automatic Document Feeder For Expression 800 1600 (reference) Epson Expression 836Xl Flatbed 800DPI 36Bit-Clr SCSI with Photshop Le (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Proteins in the cytoplasm target and activate biochemical reactions in specific cellular components, such as the mitochondria and the nucleus. Within the nucleus, gene expression is activated and leads to new protein synthesis, which are formed on the endoplasmic reticulum. These proteins are transported via the Golgi complex for packaging and distribution to cellular membrane and for extracellular release. See artwork: (on disk in file). Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist).		Using recombinant DNA technology, a transgenic mouse has been engineered whose bone marrow is protected from the toxic effects of chemotherapy by expression of the MDR 1 gene. This animal system allows rapid screening of drugs which inhibit the multidrug transporter and heralds a new era of using transgenic animals for pharmacologic screening. Multidrug resistance resulting from expression of an energy-dependent drug efflux pump encoded by the human MDR gene is a major impediment to effective cancer therapy. Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist).
	This sphere is an example of using a time-dependent expression to color a surface.		Scientists at the ARS/University of California Plant Gene Expression Center are the first in the world to report success in genetically engineering barley. Some of the bioengineered barley carries a gene that may help the plants resist attack by barley yellow dwarf virus. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga..
	Regulation of gene expression through promoters and transcription factors. Credit: NIAA.		Outline of the subtractive RNA hybridization process to isolate and identify genes whose expression is increased by alcohol. The technique uses cultured cells (e.g., neural cells) grown in the presence or absence of alcohol. Credit: NIAA.
	Typical pained expression about the eyes of two Porto [sic] Rican Hookworm victims. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		DNA-Protein Interactions in the Control of Gene Expression. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Studies in expression. At a fashionable funeral. Credit: Library of Congress.		A certain expression that generally did the business. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Aristotle	Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Emerson	The artist ought never to perpetuate a temporary expression.
George Eliot	No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
James Allen	Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
Pliny The Younger	This expression of ours, "Father of a family."
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.
Ruskin	All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.
Samuel Johnson	Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.
William Morris	Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	Bourgeois Socialism attains adequate expression, when, and only when, it becomes a mere figure of speech. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The expression "formal indication of insolvency" bears the same meaning as it has in English law. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	But we must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the English-speaking world and which through Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, and the English common law find their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
United Nations	1948	Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	But the expression is hardly admissible, Mrs. Weston, is it
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	Her mind was a blank, and all human expression was rapidly fading out of her face
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	He went the whole length of the expression, and said that he would see him in that extremity first
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish	Douglas Adams	But you don't understand, said Ford, his expression slowly ripening from a little taken abackness into rank incredulity
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	His entire countenance was lit up with a vague expression of content, hope, and happiness
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	That was not a nice expression.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	His expression asked for help
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The remarkably adult yet innocent expression of their open and serene eyes is very memorable
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These nerves control eye movements and facial expression. (references)
		Gender also plays an important role in TS gene expression. (references)
		Expression of concepts and terminology has been difficult. (references)
Business		Vans and 4WD vehicles, which are an expression of freedom and space, originally come from the United States. (references)
		Authorities deny permits and quickly move to suppress demonstrations involving expression of dissenting political views. (references)
Children	Mexico	The law provides for the right to life, non-discrimination, healthy living conditions, protection against threats to liberty and physical abuse, a healthy family life, health services, equal treatment for persons with disabilities, education, pursuit of happiness, and freedom of thought and expression. (references)
Civil Liberties	Cuba	Artistic expression is less restricted. (references)
	Sri Lanka	The LTTE does not tolerate freedom of expression. (references)
Discrimination	Bhutan	Ongoing government efforts to cultivate a national identity rooted in the language, religion, and culture of the Ngalong ethnic group restrict cultural expression by other ethnic groups. (references)
Economic History	Nepal	Some restrictions continue on freedom of expression. (references)
	Singapore	The expression of political differences takes place, predominantly, in a non-confrontational way. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	He described his first year in office as a time of plurality and tolerance with complete freedom of expression. (references)
	Togo	Opposition figures were imprisoned for the expression of political opinions, and frequently denied a fair trial. (references)
	Burma	However, Pinheiro also cited problems, including the denial of fundamental freedoms of assembly, association, expression, and movement. (references)
Minorities	Iran	He appointed the first Kurd to hold the position of Governor of Kurdistan, and the Governor appears to be facilitating a "process of reconciliation." The UNSR reports that the Government appears to be encouraging Kurdish cultural expression, with the Government subsidizing some Kurdish language classes. (references)
Political Economy	Bangladesh	Street demonstrations, strikes and blockades are frequent means of opposition expression. (references)
	Malaysia	In 1999 a U.N. Special Rapporteur reported that the Government systematically curtailed freedom of expression. (references)
Political Rights	Nepal	In such an emergency, the King, as advised by the civilian government, may suspend without judicial review many basic freedoms, including the freedoms of expression and assembly, freedom from censorship, and freedom from preventive detention. (references)
	Vietnam	The National Assembly, although subject to the control of the Party (all of its senior leaders are party members), increasingly served as a forum for the expression of local and provincial concerns and as a critic of corruption and inefficiency. (references)
	Spain	The next national elections must be held by March 2004. Governmental power is shared between the central Government and 17 regional "autonomous communities." Local nationalist parties give political expression to regional linguistic and cultural identities. (references)
Travel	Peru	The metric system is used for weights, measures, and mathematical expression. (references)
	Nepal	Public demonstrations and strikes are popular forms of political expression in Nepal and may occur on short notice. (references)
Worker Rights	China	The tight controls on religious expression that were imposed in 2000 were enforced less strictly during the year, but the overall level of repression of religious freedom in Tibet remained high and the Government's record of respect for religious freedom remained poor. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others. The owner of a powder mill Was musing on a distant hill -- Something his mind foreboded -- When from the cloudless sky there fell A deviled human kidney! Well, The man's mill had exploded. His hat he lifted from his head; "I beg your pardon, sir," he said; "I didn't know 'twas loaded." Swatkin
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	As the expression of their good opinion of my conduct in the public service, I derive from it a gratification which those who are conscious of having done all that they could to merit it can alone feel.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Any intervention in their affairs further than this, even by the expression of an official opinion, is contrary to our principles of international policy, and will always be avoided.
James Buchanan	1857-1861	But be this as it may, it is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	The expression of the popular will in favor of maintaining our constitutional guarantees was overwhelming and decisive.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	I have received unbounded hospitality and courtesy as their expression of friendliness to our country.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	We believe that all men have the right to freedom of thought and expression.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	For people in the entertainment industry in this country, we applaud your creativity and your world-wide success, and we support your freedom of expression.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Expression" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Expression" is used about 7,414 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7,414	1,306

Expressions using "expression": algebraic expression ♦ benevolent expression ♦ Beyond expression ♦ change expression ♦ colloquial expression ♦ commmand expression ♦ creative expression ♦ date expression ♦ date type expression ♦ Equestrian transformational expression ♦ executable expression ♦ exponential expression ♦ expression of emotions ♦ expression show display ♦ expression tree ♦ Facial Expression ♦ figurative expression ♦ gene expression ♦ Gene Expression Profiling ♦ Gene Expression Regulation ♦ hackneyed expression ♦ have a gloomy expression of one's face ♦ heterologous gene expression ♦ idiomatic expression ♦ Imaginary expression ♦ indirect expression ♦ lambda expression ♦ local expression ♦ maximal free expression ♦ means of expression ♦ mode of expression ♦ nautical expression ♦ nonce expression ♦ oral expression ♦ past expression ♦ path expression ♦ put on a sulky expression ♦ radical expression ♦ regular expression ♦ Skolem expression ♦ slang expression ♦ string EXpression Interpreter ♦ To reduce an expression ♦ turn of expression ♦ viral gene expression ♦ vulgar expression ♦ without expression ♦ ZF expression. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "expression": expression-marks.
	Ending with "expression": over-expression, re-expression.
	Containing "expression": M-expression LISP.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "expression"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		uitdrukking, gesig (face). (various references)

Albanian		shprehje (emphasis, exponent, locution, loose, phrase, phrases, profession, term, transfusion, utterance, voice), pasqyrim (image, reflection, reflex, reflexion, rendering, representation), frazë (phrase). (various references)

Arabic		‏مقدار جذرية, ‏مصطلح (code, idiom, term), ‏تعبير (articulation, enunciation, expressing, locution, look, manifestation, mien, mouth, phrase, statement, term, utterance, wording), ‏عبارة جبرية, ‏العصر استخراج السوائل, ‏اسلوب التعبير, ‏إبانة. (various references)

Bulgarian		фраза (phrase), пластика (calisthenics, grace, plastic arts), изразяване (rendition, signification, statement, utterance), изразителност (energy, nervousness, pungency, terseness), израз (countenance, locution, look, manifestation, phrase, voice). (various references)

Chinese		表現 (display, manifest, manifestation, show, to display, to show), 表示 (Denote, Denoted, Denoting, indicative, Indicatively), 表情 (to express one's feelings), 神色 (look), 神情 (look), 神氣 (manner, spirited, vigorous). (various references)

Czech		vzezření (air, aspect, countenance, guise, mien, presence), vyjádření, výraz (air, face, word), mimika. (various references)

Danish		udtryk (term). (various references)

Dutch		uitdrukking, gezegde (predicate), bewoording (word), betuiging (affirmation, declaration, proclamation, statement). (various references)

Esperanto		esprimo, mieno. (various references)

Faeroese		yvirbragd. (various references)

Farsi		کلمه بندی (Phrase, Phraseology), قیافه (Countenance, Gesture, Leer, Look, Mien, Semblance, Sight), تجلی (Influence, Phenomenon), سیما (Air, Appearance, Aspect, Brow, Countenance, Feature, Mien, Visage), ابراز (Proposal), بیان (Declaration, Diction, Explanation, Exposition, Lip, Locution, Pronunciation, Quotation, Recitation, Remark, Statement). (various references)

Finnish		ilme (air, look), ilmaus (evidence, sign), ilmaisu (manifestation, utterance). (various references)

French		terme, expression, mine. (various references)

Frisian		hâlding. (various references)

German		Ausdruck (arithmetic expression, hard copy, manifestation, phrase, printout, registration, routine, term, utterance, verbalism), miene (air, countenance, face, mien), Äußerung (contention, opinion, pronouncement, utterance). (various references)

Greek		έκφραση (countenance, deliverance, enunciation, locution, utterance). (various references)

Hebrew		מימרה (adage, catchword, dictum, motto, phrase, proverb, saying, slogan), מבע (utterance), לשון (language, lingo, speech, tongue), פנים (appearance, countenance, face, front, outside, physiognomy, surface, visage), ארשת (physiognomy), התבטאות (expressing oneself, statement), הגיה (enunciation, perusal, pronunciation, reading, study), הבעה (statement, utterance), ביטוי, בטוי (idiom, manifestation, phrase, pronunciation, tag, term, utterance), ניב שפתים (speech). (various references)

Hungarian		kifejezés (idiom, phrase, phrase in current use, phrases, term, utterance). (various references)

Indonesian		ekspresi (expressiveness), wacana (discourse, word), ungkapan (phrase). (various references)

Italian		espressione (aspect, countenance, hard copy, look, phrase, term, utterance, wording), aria (air, airing, appearance, aria, aspect, climate, countenance, look, sight, tune, view). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		表白 (confession), エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, Ecuador, ecumenism, equitable, equity, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, excellent, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, excuse me, executor, exercise, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exotic, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature), 口調 (tone), 句 (17-syllable poem, clause, line, paragraph, passage, phrase, sentence, stanze, verse), 申し様 (words), 発想 (conceptualization), 発露 (appearance, manifestation), 表れ (indication, manifestation), 表出 (presentation), 表明 (announcement, declaration, demonstration, indication, manifestation), 表示 (display, indication), エウスタキオ管 (eonism, essence, Eustachian tube, excite, exciting, exciting game, exercise, exercise walking, exhibition, exhibition game, exhibition game or match, expander, expert, expert system, expo, exposition, express, extra, extra hole, extra inning, extract), 表現　 (presentation), 面色 (complexion), 顔付き (countenance, face, features, looks), 顔つき (countenance, face, features, looks), 顔色 (complexion, countenance), 血相 (looks), 言い回し (phraseology), 言い回し　 (phraseology), 言葉遣い (speech, wording), 面付き (look), 面構え (look), 面持ち (countenance, face, look), 表現 (presentation, representation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かおつき (countenance, face, features, looks), はっそう (conceptualization, first race, forwarding, sending, shipping, start), はつろ (appearance, manifestation), けっそう (looks), エクスプレッション , エキスプレッション , もうしよう (words), めんしょく (complexion, discharge, dismissal, sacking), あらわれ (embodiment, indication, manifestation, materialization), ことばづかい (speech, wording), く (17-syllable poem, bend over, clause, district, line, nine, paragraph, passage, phrase, section, sentence, stanze, verse, ward), かおいろ (complexion, countenance), おももち (countenance, face, look), つらつき (look), つらがまえ (look), ひょうはく (blanching, bleaching, confession, drifting about, roaming, wandering), ひょうじ (declaration, demonstrating, display, indication, marking, posting up), ひょうげん (a comment, critical remarks, ice field, ice floe, presentation, representation, snow field), ひょうめい (announcement, declaration, demonstration, indication, manifestation), ひょうしゅつ (presentation), くちょう (tone, ward headman), がんしょく (complexion, countenance), いいまわし (phraseology). (various references)

Korean		표정. (various references)

Manx		slonn, raa (dictum, phrase, remark, saying, sentence), goan (address, address words, meagre, rare, scant, scarce, short, slender, spare, sparse, thin, thin of hair, tight, tight of money, utterance, word, word speech), dreagh, abbyrt (dialect, period, phrase, sentence). (various references)

Norwegian		uttrykk. (various references)

Papiamen		ekspreshon. (various references)

Pig Latin		expressionay.(various references)

Polish		mina. (various references)

Portuguese		expressão (accent, aspect, countenance, diction, elocution, formulation, look, phrase, reflex, significance, signification, term, utterance, verbalism, voice, word, wording). (various references)

Romanian		exprimare (articulation, conveyance, incoherence, incoherency, language, manifestation, phrase, statement, utterance), expresie (articulation, brow, cast, formulary, locution, loose, mien, phrase, sneer, term), termen (hour, name, relations, reprieve, term, terminus, terms, time, word), stoarcere (extortion, squeeze, wring). (various references)

Russian		выражение (cant phrase, cast, locution, look, phrase, phrasing, phrasings, Scotticism). (various references)

Scottish		suillean (expression of joy or gladness), sodan (caressing, expression of gladness at seeing or, joy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		izraz (locution). (various references)

Spanish		expresión (phrase, phrasing). (various references)

Swedish		uttryck (display, expressions, locution, look, phrase, phraseology, statement, term). (various references)

Turkish		eda (affectation, air, face, manner, mien), yüz ifadesi (countenance, face, look, physiognomy, the cut of one's jib), tabir (locution, phrase, word), söz (assurance, commitment, committal, engagement, faith, pledge, plight, promise, say, saying, sentence, spiel, statement, talk, term, upon my word, verbalism, vocable, voice, word, wordy), ifade etme, ifade (declaration, denotation, deposition, enunciation, evidence, import, locution, phrase, proposition, recital, recital of fact, signification, statement, term, utterance, voice), ibare, deyim (idiom, locution, Rede), anlatım (manner of telling, strain, verbalism). (various references)

Turkmen		jьmle, aсlatma (formula). (various references)

Ukrainian		вислів (dictum, phrase, saw), виразність (audibility, clearness, conciseness, concision, definition, distinctiveness, emphasis, explicitness, legibility, orotundity), вираження (verbiage). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự vắt (crush, squeeze, wring, wrung), sự diễn cảm, sự ép (compression, crush, press, reduction, squeeze). (various references)

Welsh		ymadrodd (saying, speech), mynegiant. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ambigua, ambiguum, habitu, habitum, habitus, ora, ore, orei, ori, oris, orta, orto, os, tyriorum, voce, vocem, vocemque, voces, voci, vocibus, vocis, vox, voxque, vultibus, vultu, vultui, vultum, vultus, vultusque, vultuum. (various references)
Medieval Latin	700-1500	terminus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "expression": expressional, expressionism, expressionisms, expressionist, expressionistic, expressionistically, expressionists, expressionless, expressionlessly, expressionlessness, expressionlessnesses, expressions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Expression" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: espressione, expession, expresion, Expreso, expressio, expresso, expresssion, expresstion. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "expression" (pronounced ikspre"shun)
6	-p r e" sh u n	compression, decompression, depression, impression, misimpression, oppression, repression, suppression.
5	-r e" sh u n	aggression, digression, discretion, freshen, indiscretion, nonaggression, progression, regression, transgression.
4	-e" sh u n	accession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession.
3	-sh u n	facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-x"
	-1 letter: isoprenes.
	-2 letters: erepsins, exposers, expresso, isoprene, pioneers, response, ripeness, ropiness.
	-3 letters: eosines, epoxies, erepsin, expires, exposer, exposes, express, openers, orpines, penises, peonies, pereion, persons, pioneer, poesies, poisers, prexies, prisons, prossie, proxies, reopens, repines, reposes, seiners, seniors, senores, sereins, serines, snipers, soirees, sonsier, spinors, spinose, xeroses, xerosis.
	-4 letters: enosis, eosine, eosins, eposes, eroses, espies, essoin.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-x"
	+1 letter: expressions.
	+2 letters: expressional.
	+3 letters: exasperations, expressionism, expressionist, proximateness.
	+4 letters: expressionisms, expressionists, expressionless, overexpansions.
	+5 letters: expressionistic, hyperextensions, proximatenesses.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
aim expression	7,557	expression import	46
epson expression	4,008	aol expression instant messenger	44
aim expression free	846	charmed expression	44
black expression	701	bok campus derek expression freedom protecting	43
expression	562	english expression	42
aol expression	183	rational expression	41
aim anime expression	174	expression of love	41
facial expression	167	aim charlotte expression good	41
regular expression	161	aim car expression	39
bedroom expression	160	expression im	38
expression idiomatic	155	expression furniture	37
expression pinnacle	93	french expression	37
aim expression theme	90	aim creator expression	37
buddy expression	73	algebraic expression	37
creative expression	71	latin expression	36
digital expression	60	freedom of expression	35
black expression book club	60	aim buddy expression	35
aim download expression	55	aim expression music	34
expression of sympathy	51	expression rainbow	32
gene expression	49	wedding expression	32
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Expression 1" by Wagner Soares Commentary: "My cat Amélie on a fur carpet: her way of looking at me got me scared... ."	"Angry expression" by Annie Andre Commentary: "Angry facial expression."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Expression

Definition: Expression

Expression

Noun

Specialty Definition: Expression

Specialty Definition: Expression

Expressionism

Freedom of expression

Gene expression

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Expression

Synonyms: Expression

Synonyms within Context: Expression

Extraction

Greatness

Imagination

Manifestation

Neologism

Nomenclature

Phrase

Style

Crosswords: Expression

Modern Usage: Expression

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Expression

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Expression

Photos:Expression

Illustrations:Expression

Computer Images:Expression

Photo Album: Expression

Digital Photo Gallery: Expression

Familiar Quotations: Expression

Aristotle

Emerson

George Eliot

James Allen

Pliny The Younger

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ruskin

Samuel Johnson

William Morris

Historic Usage: Expression

Communist Manifesto

Treaty of Versailles

Winston S. Churchill

United Nations

Use in Literature: Expression

Emma

Austen, Jane

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Expression

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Expression

James Monroe

Andrew Jackson

James Buchanan

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert C. Hoover

Harry S. Truman

Photos:
Expression

Illustrations:
Expression

Computer Images:
Expression