Expression

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English < Latin expressiō (“‘a pressing out’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/, SAMPA: /Ik"spr\ES.@n/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧sion

Noun

Singular Expression

Plural {{{1}}}

Expression ({{{1}}})

1. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
2. A colloquialism or idiom.

   The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.

3. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
4. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
5. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
6. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
7. Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.

Derived terms

• arithmetic expression
• linguistic expression
• logical expression
• regular expression

Related terms

• express
• expressive

Translations

particular way of phrasing an idea

Arabic: تعبير (taʕbīr) m. Armenian: արտահայտություն (artahaytut'yun) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 表示, simpl. 表示 (biǎoshì) Croatian: izraz hr(hr) m. Czech: výraz cs(cs) m. Danish: udtryk n. Dutch: uitdrukking nl(nl) f. Esperanto: esprimo eo(eo) Estonian: sõnastus et(et) Finnish: ilmaisu fi(fi), ilmaus fi(fi) French: expression fr(fr) f. Georgian: გამოთქმა ka(ka) (gamot‘k‘ma) German: Ausdruck de(de) m. Greek: έκφραση el(el) (ékfrasi) f., διατύπωση el(el) (diatíposi) f. Hebrew: ביטוי he(he) (bituy) m., הבעה he(he) (hava'a) f.

Hungarian: kifejezés hu(hu) Interlingua: expression ia(ia) Italian: espressione it(it) f. Japanese: 表現 (ひょうげん, hyōgen), 言い回し (いいまわし, iimawashi) Korean: 표현 (pyohyeon) Kurdish: ده‌رخستن Latin: verbum la(la) Polish: wyrażenie pl(pl) n., zwrot pl(pl) m. Portuguese: expressão pt(pt) f. Russian: выражение ru(ru) (vyražénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: abairt gd(gd) f. Slovene: izraz sl(sl) m. Spanish: expresión es(es) f. Swedish: uttryck sv(sv) n. Turkish: anlatım tr(tr), ifade tr(tr) Ukrainian: вислів uk(uk) (vysliv) m.

colloquialism or idiom

Arabic: تعبير (taʕbīr) m. Armenian: արտահայտություն (artahaytut'yun) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 表示, simpl. 表示 (biǎoshì) Croatian: izraz hr(hr) m. Danish: udtryk n. Dutch: uitdrukking nl(nl) f., spreekwijze nl(nl) f., wijze van spreken nl(nl) f. Esperanto: esprimilo eo(eo), idiomaĵo eo(eo) Estonian: ütlus et(et) Finnish: ilmaisu fi(fi), ilmaus fi(fi) French: expression fr(fr) f. German: Redensart de(de) f. Greek: έκφραση el(el) (ékfrasi) f.

Hebrew: ביטוי he(he) (bitui) m., אמירה he(he) (amira) f. Hungarian: szólás hu(hu), szóhasználat hu(hu) Interlingua: expression ia(ia) Italian: espressione it(it) f. Japanese: 表現 (ひょうげん, hyōgen) Polish: wyrażenie pl(pl) n., zwrot pl(pl) m., kolokwializm pl(pl) m., idiom pl(pl) m. Portuguese: expressão pt(pt) f. Russian: выражение ru(ru) (vyražénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: abairt gd(gd) f. Spanish: expresión es(es) f. Swedish: uttryck sv(sv) n. Ukrainian: вислів uk(uk) (vysliv) m.

facial appearance

Albanian: fytyrë sq(sq) Arabic: سِيمَاء (sīmā’) f. Armenian: արտահայտություն (artahaytut'yun) Basque: please add this translation if you can Catalan: expressió Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 表情, simpl. 表情 (biǎoqíng) Croatian: izraz hr(hr) m. Czech: výraz cs(cs) m. Danish: udtryk n. Dutch: uitdrukking nl(nl) f., gelaatsuitdrukking nl(nl) f. Esperanto: mieno eo(eo), esprimo eo(eo) Estonian: ilme et(et) Finnish: ilme fi(fi) French: expression fr(fr) f. Georgian: გამომეტყველება (gamometq‘veleba), სახის გამომეტყველება (saxis gamometq‘veleba) German: Ausdruck de(de) m. Greek: έκφραση el(el) (ékfrasi) f., ύφος el(el) (ífos) n., μορφασμός el(el) (morfasmós) m. Hawaiian: maka Hebrew: הבעה he(he) (haba'a) f. Hindi: bhavana hi(hi) Hungarian: arckifejezés hu(hu) Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: expression ia(ia)

Italian: espressione it(it) f. Japanese: 表情 (ひょうじょう, hyōjō) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: vultus la(la) m. Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maori: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: нүүрний байдал mn(mn) (nüürniy baydal) Norwegian: uttrykk n.;mine m. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: روبہ fa(fa) Polish: mina f., wyraz twarzy m. Portuguese: expressão pt(pt) f. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: выражение ru(ru) (vyražénije) n. Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: izraz sl(sl) m. Spanish: expresión es(es) f., aspecto es(es) m. Swedish: uttryck sv(sv) n., ansiktsuttryck sv(sv) n., min sv(sv) c. Thai: สีหน้า (sĕe nâa), รูปร่าง (rôop râang) Turkish: ifade tr(tr) Ukrainian: вираз uk(uk) (vyraz) m. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: אויסדרוק (oysdruk) m.

mathematics: arrangement of symbols

Armenian: արտահայտություն (artahaytut'yun) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 符號, simpl. 符号 (fúhào) Croatian: izraz hr(hr) m. Czech: výraz cs(cs) m. Danish: udtryk n. Dutch: uitdrukking nl(nl) f. Esperanto: esprimo eo(eo) Estonian: avaldis et(et) Finnish: lauseke, (määritelmä) French: expression fr(fr) f.

German: Ausdruck de(de) m. Greek: παράσταση el(el) (parástasi) f., διατύπωση el(el) (diatíposi) f., όρος el(el) (óros) m. Interlingua: expression ia(ia) Italian: espressione it(it) f. Persian: عبارت fa(fa) Polish: wyrażenie pl(pl) n. Portuguese: expressão pt(pt) f. Russian: выражение ru(ru) (vyražénije) n. Spanish: expresión es(es) f. Swedish: uttryck sv(sv) n. Ukrainian: вираз uk(uk) (vyraz) m.

process of translating a gene into a protein

Estonian: ekspressioon et(et), avaldumine et(et) Finnish: ilmentymä fi(fi) Interlingua: expression ia(ia)

Italian: espressione it(it) f. Spanish: expresión es(es) f.

(computing) a piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value

Croatian: izraz hr(hr) m. Czech: výraz cs(cs) m. Danish: udtryk n. Esperanto: esprimo eo(eo) Estonian: avaldis et(et) Finnish: lauseke fi(fi), määritelmä fi(fi) French: expression fr(fr) f. Interlingua: expression ia(ia)

Italian: espressione it(it) f. Japanese: 数式 (すうしき, sūshiki), 式 (しき, shiki) Mandarin: 表达式 cmn(cmn) (biao3da2shi4) Polish: wyrażenie pl(pl) n. Portuguese: expressão pt(pt) f. Russian: выражение ru(ru) (vyražénije) n. Spanish: expresión es(es) f. Swedish: uttryck sv(sv) n.

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Indonesian: ekspresi, pernyataan Interlingua: expression

Korean: 표현 (pyohyeon) Romanian: expresie f. Spanish: expresión f.

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Etymology

From Latin expressiō (“‘a pressing out’”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Expression f. (plural Expressions)

1. expression

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin expressiō (“‘a pressing out’”).

Noun

Singular Expression

Plural expressiones

Expression (expressiones)

1. expression

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