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Definitions of inflection
  1. noun
    a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

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  2. noun
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

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  3. noun
    deviation from a straight or normal course

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  4. noun
    a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

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Definition that contains inflection
  • case nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
  • strong of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
  • weak (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
  • mood verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
  • agreement the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
  • ending the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
  • analysis the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'
  • mode verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
  • tensed having inflections to indicate tense
  • termination the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
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