Betekenis van expression In het Nederlands

• 0 the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words or actions:

  • He wrote her a poem as an expression of his love.

  • We've received a lot of expressions of support for our campaign.

  • Freedom of expression is a basic human right.

  • It's better to give expression to (= show) your anger, rather than hiding it.

  • formal His sadness at the death of his wife found expression (= was shown) in his music.

  • She plays the violin with great expression (= feeling).

  • I could tell from her expression that something serious had happened.

  • Mark always has such a miserable expression on his face.

• 1 a word or group of words used in a particular situation or by particular people:

  • He uses a lot of unusual expressions.

  • "A can of worms" is an expression that means "a difficult situation".

• 2 in mathematics, a symbol or group of symbols that represent an amount:

  • 4xy2 is an expression.

• 3 a word or group of words having a particular meaning or used in a particular way:

  • That was an expression he hadn’t heard before, and wondered what it meant.

• 4 the act of showing a feeling or idea, or a feeling or idea that is shown:

  • [ C ] She had such a sad expression on her face that I wondered what was wrong.

  • [ U ] Freedom of expression is a cherished right in democracies.