Expression
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| + | 'The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words [[meaning|mean]] so many different things' [['The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things'|[...]]] --''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' | ||
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| + | "For I consider that [[music]] is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to [[Expression |express]] anything at all."--''[[Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography]]'' by [[Igor Stravinsky]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:The Big Swallow.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[linguistics]] series.<br> | ||
| + | <small>Illustration: a close-up of a [[mouth]] in the film ''[[The Big Swallow]]'' (1901)</small>]] | ||
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| - | # A particular way of [[phrase|phrasing]] an idea. | + | '''''Expression''''' may refer to: |
| - | # A [[colloquialism]] or [[idiom]]. | + | |
| - | #: ''The '''expression''' "break a leg!" should not be taken literally.'' | + | # To convey [[meaning]]. |
| - | # A [[facial]] [[appearance]] ([[facial expression]]) usually associated with an [[emotion]]. | + | #: ''Words cannot '''express''' the love I feel for him.'' |
| - | # An arrangement of [[symbols]] denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols. | + | # To [[excrete]] or cause to excrete, especially said of [[milk]]. |
| - | # The process of translating a [[gene]] into a [[protein]]. | + | |
| - | # A piece of code in a [[high-level language]] that returns a value. | + | '''Symbolic expression''' |
| - | # The process of [[express]]ing milk | + | * [[Expression (language)]], a thought communicated by language |
| + | * ''[[Dynamics_(music)#Relative_loudness|Expression marks]]'', (music) notating the musical dynamics | ||
| + | *[[Fixed expression]] | ||
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| + | '''Bodily expression''' | ||
| + | * The ''[[Breastfeeding|expression]]'' of milk | ||
| + | * [[Emotional expression]], verbal and non-verbal behaviour that communicates emotion | ||
| + | * [[Facial expression]], a movement of the face that conveys emotional state | ||
| + | * [[Gene expression]], the process by which information from a gene is used in biochemistry | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | Etymology | ||
| + | From ''[[ex-]]'' (“out of, from”) + ''premō'' (“[[press]]”). | ||
| + | ==Express== | ||
| + | ===Namesakes=== | ||
| + | *[[B. T. Express]] | ||
| + | *[[S'Express ]] | ||
| + | *[[Trans-Europe Express (album)]] | ||
| + | *[[New Musical Express ]] | ||
| + | *[[Sleazoid Express]] | ||
| - | '''Expression''' may refer to: | + | ==See also== |
| - | * [[idiom]] | + | * [[Expressionism]] |
| - | * [[facial expression]] | + | * [[Idiom]] |
| - | * [[emotional expression]], in psychology | + | * [[Expressivity]] |
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'The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things' [...] --Through the Looking-Glass "For I consider that music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all."--Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky
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Illustration: a close-up of a mouth in the film The Big Swallow (1901)
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Expression may refer to:
- To convey meaning.
- Words cannot express the love I feel for him.
- To excrete or cause to excrete, especially said of milk.
Symbolic expression
- Expression (language), a thought communicated by language
- Expression marks, (music) notating the musical dynamics
- Fixed expression
Bodily expression
- The expression of milk
- Emotional expression, verbal and non-verbal behaviour that communicates emotion
- Facial expression, a movement of the face that conveys emotional state
- Gene expression, the process by which information from a gene is used in biochemistry
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Etymology
Etymology From ex- (“out of, from”) + premō (“press”).
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Express
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