inflection
Collocations
5ADJ.
annoying, many, regular, verbal
VERB + INFLECTION
expressed, work
INFLECTION + NOUN
latin, number, particles
PREP.
in
ADV.
incredibly
Definitions
noun
The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.
The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.
The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.
The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
Recite every inflection for each of these words.
A change in pitch or tone of voice.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- prosody
noun — a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone
noun — deviation from a straight or normal course
- flection
- flexion
noun — a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix)
- inflexion
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.
WiktionaryThe second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.
WiktionaryEnglish's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.
WiktionaryEvery sentence he spoke ended in an incredibly annoying upward inflection.
Tatoeba · #6841066It is a question of taste whether TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, should be expressed by inflection or particles.
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