inflection
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- For inflection templates, see Wiktionary:Inflection templates.
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From the English inflexion, from Middle French inflexion, from Latin inflexiō (“a bending away from”); the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections)
- (grammar, uncountable) Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories.
- In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin
- (grammar, countable) An instance of such change.
- an inflection for gender, number, or tense
- (grammar, countable) Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- Recite every inflection for each of these words.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- If he's lying, his inflection changes.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- inflection from the rules
- (optometry) Diffraction.
Synonyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (grammar): conjugation
- (grammar): comparison
- (grammar): declension, declination
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function
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change in pitch or tone of voice
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change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave
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turning away from a straight course
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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