Expression

expression
noun1the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"2expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"3the 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"4a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"[syn: saying]5the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"[syn: formulation]6a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement[syn: formula]7(genetics) the process of expressing a gene8a 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"[syn: construction][ant: misconstruction]9the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk from her breast"