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expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃ(ə)n Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the action of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
    E.g. the prisoners developed a dialect as an everyday means of expression
  • a look on someone's face that conveys a particular emotion.
    E.g. a sad expression
  • a word or phrase, especially an idiomatic one, used to convey an idea.
    E.g. we have an expression, ‘You don't get owt for nowt.’
  • the production of something by pressing it out.
    E.g. essential oils obtained by distillation or expression
  • the appearance in a phenotype of a characteristic or effect attributed to a particular gene.
    E.g. expression of the TAT gene is restricted to the parenchymal cells

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