expresses

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articulate; signify, mean v.
discharge by squeezing or force v.

VERB

articulate; signify, mean

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assert communicate convey declare disclose give hint indicate put reveal say show speak suggest tell voice

STRONG

air asseverate bespeak broach circulate connote couch denote depict designate divulge embody enunciate evince exhibit formulate frame import insinuate intend intimate manifest phrase proclaim pronounce represent spell state symbolize testify utter vent ventilate verbalize word

WEAK

add up to make known pop off put across put into words stand for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be quiet conceal cover deny hide hold keep listen refrain suppress take withhold

STRONG

close close up mumble

VERB

discharge by squeezing or force

Synonyms

STRONG

crush dispatch distill expel extract forward ship

WEAK

force out press out squeeze out

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep

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expresses

It’s a sunny afternoon in the Mexican capital, and the disarming sweetness with which he expresses his thoughts mirrors the band’s vulnerable soundscapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He could have made something that shimmers, a piece of true pop that expresses repellent ideals.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Americans deserve a National Museum of American History that expresses a love of that history and views it as the wondrous story of a nation conceived in liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The second label applies to "AI-assisted" music recording which are still "created substantially by humans and expresses human creativity" but contain "some expressive elements" that were generated with AI.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Architecture becomes memorable only when it expresses a transcendent vision, whether personal, social, or spiritual.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson