expression of gratitude

collocation in English

meaningsofexpressionandgratitude

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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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gratitude
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us
/ˈɡræt̬.ə.tuːd/
the feeling or quality of ...
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(Definition ofexpressionandgratitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpression of gratitude

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I should like to be associated with the expressions of gratitude.
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We have received expressions of gratitude and adverse criticisms, the latter frequently associated with a declared preference for a family car.
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I have had expressions of gratitude from some of the heavy users.
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There is a desperate need to boost morale and to produce more than the usual expressions of gratitude to speech therapists for the work that they do.
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I begin with the usual formal expressions of gratitude to all who co-operated with the inquiry and those who submitted detailed written evidence, which was extremely helpful and informative.
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His speech was a briefexpressionofgratitudeto the organisers.
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She delineates the five-step process of the ritual : the establishment of guilt, the admission of guilt, the expression of repentance, the proof of repentance, and finally theexpressionofgratitude.
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In this instance it is a genuineexpressionofgratitudeas great changes could be made in this area.
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Thatexpressionofgratitudeto him is no formality.
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If myexpressionofgratitudeis short it is because of the limited time at my disposal and not because it is not sincerely meant.
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I repeat myexpressionofgratitudeto the noble.
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That would not only be to the interests of morale but also anexpressionofgratitudeto those who have gone before.
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Would not that be a betterexpressionofgratitude?
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We should not think of the general teaching council as anexpressionofgratitude, forgiveness or anything else.
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Thatexpressionofgratitudewas sincerely meant.
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Singers establish contact with the spirit-master by reproducing the sounds made and enter into conversation, whose aim is supplication, anexpressionofgratitude, or an appeal for protection.
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Her love ought to have been to you a proof of her having obtained forgiveness, that love being anexpressionofgratitudefor the benefit received.
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He netted $40 as anexpressionofgratitude.
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As for changes with different correspondents, at times playfulness and irony give way to gracious expressions of gratitude, regret, condolence - but the pleasure in the use of language never leaves.
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I certainly share in the expressions of gratitude.
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