expression
noun
1 expression
The feelings expressed on a person's face:
— A sad expression.
synonyms: aspect, face, facial expression, look.
Roget 516:
meaning;
signification,
significance;
sense,
expression;
import,
purport;
force;
drift,
tenor,
spirit,
bearing,
coloring;
scope.
[important part of the meaning]
substance;
gist,
essence,
marrow,
spirit
etc.
5.
matter;
subject,
subject matter;
argument,
text,
sum and substance.
general meaning,
broad meaning,
substantial meaning,
colloquial meaning,
literal meaning,
plain meaning,
simple meaning,
natural meaning,
unstrained meaning,
true meaning,
etc.
(exact)
494
honest meaning,
etc.
543
prima facie meaning [Lat.];
etc.
(manifest)
525.
letter of the law.
literally;
after acceptation.
synonym;
implication,
allusion
etc.
(latency)
526;
suggestion
etc.
(information)
527;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
acceptation
etc.
(interpretation)
522.
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Roget 566:
phrase,
expression,
set phrase;
sentence,
paragraph;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
idiom,
idiotism†;
turn of expression;
style.
paraphrase
etc.
(synonym)
522;
periphrase
etc.
(circumlocution)
573;
motto
etc.
(proverb)
496†.
phraseology
etc.
569.
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Roget 416:
musician,
artiste,
performer,
player,
minstrel;
bard
etc.
(poet)
597;
[specific types of musicians]
accompanist,
accordionist,
instrumentalist,
organist,
pianist,
violinist,
flautist;
harper,
fiddler,
fifer†,
trumpeter,
piper,
drummer;
catgut scraper.
band,
orchestral waits.
vocalist,
melodist;
singer,
warbler;
songster,
chaunter†,
chauntress†,
songstress;
cantatrice†.
choir,
quire,
chorister;
chorus,
chorus singer;
liedertafel [G.].
nightingale,
philomel†,
thrush;
siren;
bulbul,
mavis;
Pierides;
sacred nine;
Orpheus,
Apollo†,
the Muses Erato,
Euterpe,
Terpsichore;
tuneful nine,
tuneful quire.
composer
etc.
413.
performance,
execution,
touch,
expression,
solmization†.
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Roget 301:
extraction;
extracting
etc.
v.;
removal,
elimination,
extrication,
eradication,
evolution.
evulsion†,
avulsion†;
wrench;
expression,
squeezing;
extirpation,
extermination;
ejection
etc.
297;
export
etc.
(egress)
295.
extractor,
corkscrew,
forceps,
pliers.
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Roget 564:
nomenclature;
naming
etc.
v.;
nuncupation†,
nomination,
baptism;
orismology†;
onomatopoeia;
antonomasia†.
name;
appelation†,
appelative†;
designation,
title;
heading,
rubric;
caption;
denomination;
by-name,
epithet.
style,
proper name;
praenomen [Lat.],
agnomen†,
cognomen;
patronymic,
surname;
cognomination†;
eponym;
compellation†,
description,
antonym;
empty title,
empty name;
handle to one's name;
namesake.
term,
expression,
noun;
byword;
convertible terms
etc.
522;
technical term;
cant
etc.
563.
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Roget 448:
appearance,
phenomenon,
sight,
spectacle,
show,
premonstration†,
scene,
species,
view,
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
lookout,
outlook,
prospect,
vista,
perspective,
bird's-eye view,
scenery,
landscape,
picture,
tableau;
display,
exposure,
mise en sc ne [Fr.];
rising of the curtain.
phantasm,
phantom
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443.
pageant,
spectacle;
peep-show,
raree-show,
gallanty-show;
ombres chinoises [Sp.];
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria,
dissolving views;
biograph†,
cinematograph,
moving pictures;
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama†,
georama†;
coup de theatre,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
pageantry
etc.
(ostentation)
882;
insignia
etc.
(indication)
550.
aspect,
angle,
phase,
phasis†,
seeming;
shape
etc.
(form)
240;
guise,
look,
complexion,
color,
image,
mien,
air,
cast,
carriage,
port,
demeanor;
presence,
expression,
first blush,
face of the thing;
point of view,
light.
lineament feature trait lines;
outline,
outside;
contour,
face,
countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz. ,
cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure†,
cut of one s jib,
metoposcopy†;
outside
etc.
220.
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Dutch: expressie, uitdrukking
2 expression
3 expression
The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions:
— Expressions of good will.
— He helped me find verbal expression for my ideas.
synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism.
Dutch: uiting, vuiligheid
Polish: ekspresja
4 expression
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations:
— Pardon the expression.
synonyms: locution, saying.
Dutch: uitdrukking, dictum, expressie, gezegde, leenspreuk, proverbium, spreekwijze, spreekwoord, zegswijze
Polish: lokucja
5 expression
The style of expressing yourself:
— His manner of expression showed how much he cared.
synonym: formulation.
Polish: sformułowanie
6 expression
A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
synonym: formula.
Dutch: formule
Polish: wzór matematyczny
7 expression
genetics The process of expressing a gene.
Dutch: uitdrukking
8 expression
9 expression
The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.
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