mode of expression
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmodeandexpression
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mode
noun
uk/məʊd/us/moʊd/
formal
a way of operating, living, ...
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expression
noun
uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/
the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words ...
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(Definition ofmodeandexpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmode of expression
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If so, determination of one'smodeofexpressionis an important deliberative value.
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A 'higher' (and more operatically normative)modeofexpressionhas been made unavailable to her.
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Hermodeofexpressionnever exceeds the boundaries of emphatic speech.
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It is a truly originalmodeofexpressionwithin scientific discourse.
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Concerning themodeofexpression, clippings have both written and spoken forms, although they are mainly used orally.
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Measurements are amodeofexpressionlike anything else.
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I am responsible only for themodeofexpression.
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The difference is in themodeofexpression.
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It is also found that the wording is often from amodeofexpressionthat is simple and direct enough to favour an immediate comprehension.
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It is based on theoretical work which shows how the political is partly amodeofexpressionas well as a way of addressing conflict.
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These considerations preclude its being an entirely freemodeofexpression: it has to pay attention to proprieties and limit its shock, when new.
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Thismodeofexpressiondistinguishes them from characters in other dramatic worlds and, to be sure, from the inhabitants of our own world.
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What the linguist calls code-switching was his naturalmodeofexpressionand this probably also explains why he is so remarkably eclectic.
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He was a polyglot and his naturalmodeofexpressionwas heterogeneous, complete with both witty and violent violations of the codes.
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The use of elapsing for "spending," and communication for "letter" suggests that the writer has little regard for the simple, straightforward and precisemodeofexpression.
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What these pieces have in common though is the attempt to develop amodeofexpressionwhich itself arises from an attempt to integrate performance and new technology.
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Accumulation refers to the fact that text no longer is the onlymodeofexpressionfor online diarists, who use the full gamut of media available to writers.
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He achieved a new romanticmodeofexpression.
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I should have thought that themodeofexpressionwhich has been chosen is intended to convey that meaning.
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In addition, they are seen to be alien to the naturalmodeofexpressionof the couple who must repeat them laboriously after the officient.
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There is no earthly reason why amodeofexpressionof the metric pound, if necessary, should not become common parlance even if not prescribed.
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This, in turn, inspired him take film making as amodeofexpression.
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Oil painting as a universalmodeofexpression, a way of understanding the world.
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Nevertheless, each has its own emphasis,modeofexpression, and philosophical outlook.
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They enable amodeofexpressionthat is difficult to incorporate into the poetic structure.
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