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inflexion
in·flex·ion I0131900 (ĭn-flĕk′shən)n. Chiefly British Variant of inflection.in•flec•tion (ɪnˈflɛk ʃən)
n. 1. modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice. 2. a. the process of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class, as in forming served from serve, sings from sing, or harder from hard (contrasted with derivation). b. an affix added in this process, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played. c. an inflected form of a word. d. the systematic description of the process of inflection in a language; accidence. 3. a bend or angle. 4. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa. Also, esp. Brit., inflexion. [1525–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | inflexion - a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical functioninflectiongrammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammarconjugation - the inflection of verbsdeclension - the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languagesparadigm - systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a wordpluralisation, pluralization - the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeinflectioninflexion
inflection [in´flek-shun] the act of bending inward, or the state of being bent inward.in·flec·tion , inflexion (in-flek'shŭn), 1. An inward bending. 2. Obsolete term for diffraction. [L. in-flecto, pp. -flexus, to bend] in·flec·tion , inflexion (in-flek'shŭn) An inward bending. [L. in-flecto, pp. -flexus, to bend]inflexion
Synonyms for inflexionnoun a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical functionSynonymsRelated Words- grammatical relation
- conjugation
- declension
- paradigm
- pluralisation
- pluralization
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