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verbal expression

verbal expression

3.7
To show ideas and feelings using spoken or written words
  • noun
  • /ˈvɜrbəl ɪkˈsprɛʃən/
translation icon : expresión verbal
  • The research reiterates that active participation in the storytelling process increases the fluency of verbal expression in young children.

Examples

  • In the Justice and Harmony Ceremony, verbal expression is conducted in a respectful manner designed to restore relationships or build new ones.

    Academic text (2004)

  • During the meeting, the manager asked for a verbal expression of support from the team regarding the new project.

  • Any resolution has to be the explicit, verbal expression of agreement, as well as the felt sense of common understanding.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Every embrace that we avoid must become a verbal expression of warmth and concern.

  • Familiarize yourself with the verbal expression of your deeply hidden feelings.

    Love Is Blind (2019)

  • The insights that students gain into cultures and humanity through making music with integrity and understanding are not attainable through scholarly learning or verbal expression alone.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The Ododua masquerade may be the only vestige of Ague, but memory, verbal expressions, and artworks attest to the ceremony's historical importance.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Play, as the natural, universal language of children, allows children and adolescents to express themselves in developmentally appropriate means that can transcend the limitations of verbal expression and cultural barriers (Drewes, 2009).

    Academic text (2013)

  • The teacher encouraged students to share their feelings through verbal expression during the class discussion.

  • In therapy, verbal expression of emotions can help individuals process their experiences and feelings.

Synonyms

communication
vsverbal expression
798 2.1

The act of sharing information, ideas, or feelings with other people

specifies conveying thoughts or feelings specifically through spoken or written words
expression
vsverbal expression
230 3.4

The way someone shows thoughts and feelings in speech and writing

is focused on worded communication rather than style or manner
articulation
vsverbal expression
9 4.6

To express thoughts or feelings clearly in words

communicates ideas in words but not necessarily with clarity
verbalization
vsverbal expression
  • US
1 5.6

Putting thoughts or feelings into words so others can understand them

is about communicating thoughts or feelings in speech or writing
verbalism
vsverbal expression
8.4

Using words to express ideas, beliefs or opinions in speech and writing

is broader and covers any spoken or written conveying of thoughts
verbality
vsverbal expression
8.5

The quality of being expressed in words

focuses on the act of communicating ideas in speech or writing

How Expressive

outburst
83 3.9
verbal expression
3.7
statement
  • Formal
∞ 1.3
utterance
22 4.8

Surface Forms

verbal expression singular
verbal expressions plural

Morphology

verbal + expression

The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'verbal' (relating to words/language) + 'expression' (the communication of thoughts), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to communicating ideas in words. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun phrase formation, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.

Etymology

Verbal expression puts together verbal, meaning 'by words', and expression, meaning 'showing'. Imagine someone choosing words to show how they feel. That's why it means 'to communicate thoughts or feelings in words'.