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Meaning of expressive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

expressive

Pronunciation:/ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.

  2. (more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Effectively conveying thought or feeling.