# expressing

Pronunciation: say "ek-SPRES-ing" /ɛkˈspɹɛsɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of express. — present participle and gerund of express
   - Simple: Present participle of express. Use this form for an action that is happening right now.
   - _He spent the whole meeting expressing concerns about the new budget._
   - _Artists find countless ways of expressing emotion on the canvas._

## Adjective

2. Actively transcribing or translating nucleic acid to produce the products encoded by a gene.
   - Simple: Of a cell or gene, actively making proteins or RNA from genetic instructions.
   - _The researchers isolated the expressing tissue to measure its protein output._
   - _Strongly expressing clones were selected for the next round of analysis._

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