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expression
Overview of noun expression
The noun expression has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (23) 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. (18) expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion -- (expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition")
3. (15) 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. (6) saying, expression, locution -- (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression")
5. (4) formulation, expression -- (the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared")
6. (4) 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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun expression
9 senses of expression
Sense 1
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
=> countenance, visage
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
=> demonstration, demo
=> visual communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
expression, verbal expression, verbalism
=> communication, communicating
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
saying, expression, locution
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
formulation, expression
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
formula, expression
=> mathematical statement
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
expression
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
construction, grammatical construction, expression
=> constituent, grammatical constituent
=> syntagma, syntagm
=> string of words, word string, linguistic string
=> string
=> sequence
=> series
=> ordering, order, ordination
=> arrangement
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> language, linguistic communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
expression
=> squeeze, squeezing
=> compression, compressing
=> press, pressure, pressing
=> push, pushing
=> propulsion, actuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun expression
7 of 9 senses of expression
Sense 1
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
=> leer
=> sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
Sense 2
expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
=> lamentation, mourning
=> act
=> effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
Sense 3
expression, verbal expression, verbalism
=> articulation, voice
=> cold turkey
=> congratulation, felicitation
Sense 4
saying, expression, locution
=> Beatitude
=> logion
=> calque, calque formation, loan translation
=> advice and consent
=> ambiguity
=> euphemism
=> dysphemism
=> shucks
=> tongue twister
=> anatomical reference, anatomical
=> southernism
=> motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth
=> maxim, axiom
=> epigram, quip
=> proverb, adage, saw, byword
=> idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase
=> agrapha
=> sumpsimus
Sense 5
formulation, expression
=> sentimentalism
=> honorific
=> archaism, archaicism
=> boilerplate
=> colloquialism
=> parlance, idiom
=> Americanism
=> Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism
=> wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
Sense 6
formula, expression
=> sentential function
=> primitive
=> exponential expression
Sense 8
construction, grammatical construction, expression
=> adjunct
=> clause
=> complement
=> involution
=> phrase
=> predicator
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun expression
9 senses of expression
Sense 1
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
=> countenance, visage
Sense 2
expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
=> demonstration, demo
Sense 3
expression, verbal expression, verbalism
=> communication, communicating
Sense 4
saying, expression, locution
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
Sense 5
formulation, expression
=> expressive style, style
Sense 6
formula, expression
=> mathematical statement
Sense 7
expression
=> organic process, biological process
Sense 8
construction, grammatical construction, expression
=> constituent, grammatical constituent
Sense 9
expression
=> squeeze, squeezing
Antonyms of noun expression
Member Holonyms of noun expression
Substance Holonyms of noun expression
Part Holonyms of noun expression
Member Meronyms of noun expression
Substance Meronyms of noun expression
Part Meronyms of noun expression
Meronyms of noun expression
Holonyms of noun expression
Attributes of noun expression
Derived Forms of noun expression
3 of 9 senses of expression
Sense 3
expression, verbal expression, verbalism
RELATED TO>(verb) express#2
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 7
expression
RELATED TO>(verb) express#5
=> express
Sense 9
expression
RELATED TO>(verb) express#6
=> press out, express, extract
Domain of noun expression
2 of 9 senses of expression
Sense 6
formula, expression
TOPIC>(noun) mathematics#1, math#1, maths#1
Sense 7
expression
TOPIC>(noun) genetics#1, genetic science#1
Domain Terms of noun expression
Familiarity of noun expression
expression used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun expression
9 senses of expression
Sense 1
expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
> countenance, visage
=> expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
=> poker face
Sense 2
expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
> demonstration, demo
=> display, show
=> expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
=> exemplification, illustration
Sense 3
expression, verbal expression, verbalism
> communication, communicating
=> transmission
=> intercommunication
=> medium
=> channel, communication channel, line
=> mail, mail service, postal service, post
=> dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
=> discussion, treatment, discourse
=> exhortation
=> expression, verbal expression, verbalism
=> examination, exam, test
=> persuasion, suasion
=> dissuasion
=> expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, objection
=> contact, touch
=> traffic
Sense 4
saying, expression, locution
> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> words
=> pronunciation, orthoepy
=> conversation
=> discussion, give-and-take, word
=> saying, expression, locution
=> non-standard speech
=> idiolect
=> monologue
=> spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm
=> dictation
=> soliloquy, monologue
Sense 5
formulation, expression
> expressive style, style
=> allegory
=> analysis
=> bathos
=> black humor, black humour
=> device
=> eloquence, fluency, smoothness
=> euphuism
=> flatness
=> formulation, expression
=> grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
=> headlinese
=> jargon
=> journalese
=> legalese
=> manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style
=> officialese
=> pathos
=> prose
=> rhetoric
=> saltiness, coarseness
=> self-expression
=> sesquipedality
=> terseness
=> turn of phrase, turn of expression
=> vein
=> verboseness, verbosity
=> writing style, literary genre, genre
=> poetry
Sense 6
formula, expression
> mathematical statement
=> equation
=> formula, expression
Sense 7
expression
> organic process, biological process
=> adaptation, adaption, adjustment
=> agglutination
=> aging, ageing, senescence
=> anovulation
=> antisepsis, asepsis
=> assimilation, absorption
=> autoregulation
=> bacteriostasis
=> blooming, bloom
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> carbon cycle
=> catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism
=> cell division, cellular division
=> crossing over, crossover
=> defoliation
=> deossification
=> digestion
=> eburnation
=> ecchymosis
=> effacement
=> erythropoiesis
=> eutrophication
=> evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
=> expression
=> extravasation
=> gastrulation
=> glycogenesis
=> growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
=> hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification
=> heredity
=> humification
=> hypostasis, epistasis
=> implantation, nidation
=> inhibition
=> invagination, introversion, intussusception, infolding
=> involution
=> cytokinesis
=> karyokinesis
=> keratinization, keratinisation
=> Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle
=> lymphopoiesis
=> lysogenization, lysogenisation
=> maturation, ripening, maturement
=> metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
=> metamorphosis, metabolism
=> nitrogen cycle
=> nitrogen fixation
=> nondevelopment
=> nutrition
=> organification
=> ossification
=> ovulation
=> oxidative phosphorylation
=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
=> pathologic process, pathological process
=> perennation
=> preservation
=> quellung, quellung reaction
=> quickening
=> regeneration
=> regulation
=> replication
=> reproduction
=> resorption, reabsorption
=> ripening, aging, ageing
=> secretion, secernment
=> segregation
=> shedding, sloughing
=> summation
=> symphysis
=> synapsis
=> synizesis, synezesis
=> transcription
=> transduction
=> translation
=> protein folding, folding
=> translocation
=> translocation
=> transpiration
=> tumefaction
=> ulceration
=> vascularization, vascularisation
=> vesiculation, vesication, blistering
Sense 8
construction, grammatical construction, expression
> constituent, grammatical constituent
=> subject
=> object
=> ablative absolute
=> immediate constituent
=> construction, grammatical construction, expression
=> misconstruction
=> term
Sense 9
expression
> squeeze, squeezing
=> pinch, tweak
=> expression
=> extrusion, expulsion
Meronyms of noun expression
9 senses of expression
Sense 2
expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
=> demonstration, demo
=> visual communication
HAS PART: visual signal
Sense 6
formula, expression
=> mathematical statement
HAS PART: mathematical notation
Sense 8
construction, grammatical construction, expression
=> constituent, grammatical constituent
=> syntagma, syntagm
=> string of words, word string, linguistic string
=> string
HAS PART: language unit, linguistic unit
Holonyms of noun expression
Grep of noun expression
exponential expression
expression
expressionism
expressionist
facial expression
gene expression
idiomatic expression
indirect expression
parenthetical expression
self-expression
slang expression
turn of expression
verbal expression
Grep of adj expression
expressionist
expressionistic
expressionless
Grep of adv expression
without expression
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