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Meaning of expression

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  expression
      n 1: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad
           expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn:
           {expression}, {look}, {aspect}, {facial expression},
           {face}]
      2: expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief";
         "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition" [syn:
         {expression}, {manifestation}, {reflection}, {reflexion}]
      3: 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" [syn: {expression}, {verbal
         expression}, {verbalism}]
      4: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
         situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: {saying},
         {expression}, {locution}]
      5: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better
         formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he
         cared" [syn: {formulation}, {expression}]
      6: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement [syn:
         {formula}, {expression}]
      7: (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
      8: 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" [syn:
         {construction}, {grammatical construction}, {expression}]
         [ant: {misconstruction}]
      9: the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing;
         "the expression of milk from her breast"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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