[ik-spresh-uh
n] 
| 1. | the act of expressing or setting forth in words: the free expression of political opinions. |
| 2. | a particular word, phrase, or form of words: old-fashioned expressions. |
| 3. | the manner or form in which a thing is expressed in words; wording; phrasing: delicacy of expression. |
| 4. | the power of expressing in words: joy beyond expression. |
| 5. | indication of feeling, spirit, character, etc., as on the face, in the voice, or in artistic execution: the lyric expression embodied in his poetry. |
| 6. | a look or intonation expressing personal reaction, feeling, etc.: a shocked expression. |
| 7. | the quality or power of expressing an attitude, emotion, etc.: a face that lacks expression; to read with expression. |
| 8. | the act of expressing or representing, as by symbols. |
| 9. | Mathematics. a symbol or a combination of symbols representing a value, relation, or the like. |
| 10. | Linguistics. the stylistic characteristics of an utterance (opposed to meaning ). |
| 11. | Linguistics. the system of verbal utterances specific to a language (opposed to content ). |
| 12. | the act of expressing or pressing out. |
| 13. | Computers. a combination of variables, constants, and functions linked by operation symbols and any required punctuation that describe a rule for calculating a value. |
| 14. | Genetics.
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expression ex·pres·sion (ĭk-sprěsh'ən)
n.
The act of pressing or squeezing out.
The outward manifestation of a mood or disposition by mobility of the facial features; facies.
The phenotype manifested by a genotype under fixed environmental conditions.