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Word: Express
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘press out, obtain by squeezing’, used figuratively to mean ‘extort’): from Old French expresser, based on Latin ex- ‘out’ + pressare ‘to press’
ɪkˈsprɛs
ɛkˈsprɛs
convey (a thought or feeling) in words or by gestures and conduct
Short Definition:convey thought or feeling
Examples:- he expressed complete satisfaction
squeeze out (liquid or air)
Short Definition:press out liquid or air
Examples:- she would express her milk using a pump and take it home for her baby
cause (an inherited characteristic or gene) to appear in a phenotype
Short Definition:cause characteristic to appear in phenotype
Examples:- the genes are expressed in a variety of cell lines
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