Expression and Language

noun

• The feelings expressed on a person's face.
  • usage: "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
  • synonyms: look, aspect, facial expression, face
• Expression without words.
  • usage: "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition"
  • synonyms: manifestation, reflection, reflexion
• The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions.
  • usage: "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
  • synonyms: verbal expression, verbalism
• A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
  • usage: "pardon the expression"
  • synonyms: saying, locution
• The style of expressing yourself.
  • usage: "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
  • synonyms: formulation
• A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
  • synonyms: formula
• Genetics) the process of expressing a gene. (
• A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
  • usage: "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
  • synonyms: construction, grammatical construction
• The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.
  • usage: "the expression of milk from her breast"

• (n.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
• (n.) The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
• (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
• (n.) That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.
• (n.) A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
• (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.

noun

• A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.
  • usage: "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
  • synonyms: linguistic communication
• Language) communication by word of mouth. (
  • usage: "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
  • synonyms: speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication
• The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.
  • usage: "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"
  • synonyms: lyric, words
• The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication.
  • usage: "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
  • synonyms: linguistic process
• The mental faculty or power of vocal communication.
  • usage: "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
  • synonyms: speech
• A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.
  • usage: "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"
  • synonyms: terminology, nomenclature

• (v.t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.
• (n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
• (n.) The expression of ideas by writing or any other instrumentality.
• (n.) The forms of speech or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
• (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
• (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
• (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
• (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
• (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.