Definition of inflection

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Inflection (n.) The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected..

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Declension :: Declension (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc..
Etymology :: Etymology (n.) That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
Deflectionize :: Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.
Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection..
Analogy :: Analogy (n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly..
Deflectionization :: Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections.
Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.
Parisyllabical :: Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
Flection :: Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection..
Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison..
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..
Termination :: Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Declension :: Declension (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases..
Tense :: Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..
Case :: Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word..
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