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What (who) is inflection - definition
inflection
PROCESS OF WORD FORMATION; A WORD IS MODIFIED TO EXPRESS GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, SUCH AS TENSE, MOOD, VOICE, ASPECT, PERSON, NUMBER, GENDER AND CASE
Inflexion; Inflectional morpheme; Inflected; Inflections; Inflectional morphology; Inflectional paradigm; Inflectional; Inflexions; Inflective; Grammatical inflection; Accidence; Case inflection; Irregular plural; Inflect; Inflects; Irregular plurals; Inflectional rule; Regular inflection; Regular plural; Irregular inflection; Invariant (linguistics); Inflexional morphology; Inflectional ending
(chiefly Brit. also inflexion)
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1. Grammar a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender.
2. the modulation of intonation or pitch.
3. chiefly Mathematics a change of curvature from convex to concave.
Derivatives
inflectional adjective
inflectionally adverb
inflectionless adjective
inflection
PROCESS OF WORD FORMATION; A WORD IS MODIFIED TO EXPRESS GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, SUCH AS TENSE, MOOD, VOICE, ASPECT, PERSON, NUMBER, GENDER AND CASE
Inflexion; Inflectional morpheme; Inflected; Inflections; Inflectional morphology; Inflectional paradigm; Inflectional; Inflexions; Inflective; Grammatical inflection; Accidence; Case inflection; Irregular plural; Inflect; Inflects; Irregular plurals; Inflectional rule; Regular inflection; Regular plural; Irregular inflection; Invariant (linguistics); Inflexional morphology; Inflectional ending
(inflections)
1.
An inflection in someone's voice is a change in its tone or pitch as they are speaking. (WRITTEN)
The man's voice was devoid of inflection...
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2.
In grammar, an inflection is a change in the form of a word that shows its grammatical function, for example a change that makes a noun plural or makes a verb into the past tense.
N-VAR
inflection
PROCESS OF WORD FORMATION; A WORD IS MODIFIED TO EXPRESS GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, SUCH AS TENSE, MOOD, VOICE, ASPECT, PERSON, NUMBER, GENDER AND CASE
Inflexion; Inflectional morpheme; Inflected; Inflections; Inflectional morphology; Inflectional paradigm; Inflectional; Inflexions; Inflective; Grammatical inflection; Accidence; Case inflection; Irregular plural; Inflect; Inflects; Irregular plurals; Inflectional rule; Regular inflection; Regular plural; Irregular inflection; Invariant (linguistics); Inflexional morphology; Inflectional ending
n.
1.
Bending, curvature, bend, curvity, flexure, crook.
2.
(Gram.) Variation (in declension or in conjugation), accidence; declension, conjugation, and comparison.
3.
(Music and Elocution.) Modulation (of the voice).
Wikipedia
Inflection
In linguistic morphology, inflection (or [is a process of word formation][[David Crystal|Crystal, David. (2008).
Examples of use of inflection
1. That means the economy is at a point of inflection.
2. His voice and his inflection –– he had this Oxford accent.
3. "If teachers are monotonous, [with] no inflection in their voice, children will lose interest.
4. "The results show the inflection with the deadly F5N1," he said.
5. If teachers are monotonous, no inflection in their voice, children will lose interest.