expression

Betekenis

1. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
2. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
3. A colloquialism or idiom.
4. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
5. An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
6. The process of translating a gene into a protein.
7. A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
8. A specific blend of whisky.
9. The act of pressing or squeezing out.
10. The tone of voice or sound in music.
11. Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader.

Met koppelteken als

ex‧pres‧sion

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɹɛʃ.ən/

Etymologie

Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Morphologically express + -ion.