Definition of inflection

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Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..

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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..
Declension :: Declension (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases..
Inflectional :: Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
Etymology :: Etymology (n.) That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
Parisyllabical :: Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
Masculine :: Masculine (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender..
Inflexure :: Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
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..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Same as Diffraction.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
Conjugation :: Conjugation (n.) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
Paradigm :: Paradigm (n.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection..
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..
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..
Inflected :: Inflected (a.) Having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective..
Accidence :: Accidence (n.) The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar..
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