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expression

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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.

The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.

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.

That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.

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.

The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back. Dale Carnegie

Dancing Is a Perpendicular Expression of a Horizontal Desire. George Bernard Shaw

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. George Bernard Shaw

If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Noam Chomsky

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. Vera Brittain

Who could shut up folks' expression and language? Estonian Proverb

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