inflection

UK /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ US /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
noun 5

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noun

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

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.

5

A change in pitch or tone of voice.

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