declensionnoun
uk/dɪˈklen.ʃən/us/dɪˈklen.ʃən/declension noun (GRAMMAR)
[ C ] a group of nouns or adjectives that decline in the same way:
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Rex is in the third declension
[ U ] the act of declining a word, or the way you decline it
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Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- attributive
- collocate
- comparative
- dative
- decline
- dependent clause
- double negative
- grammar
- grammarian
- grammatical
- independent clause
- indirect object
- indirect question
- inflect
- interrogative
- modifier
- reflexive
- superlative
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declension noun (MEDICINE)
[ U ] specialized medical a situation in which a medical condition gets worse
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Being & falling ill
- ail
- be green around the gills idiom
- be laid up idiom
- be out of sorts idiom
- break
- bring
- burned out
- burnt out
- catch your death of cold idiom
- come down with sth
- food
- KO
- pick sth up
- pneumonia
- prone
- relapse
- shivery
- sicken
- strike
- upset
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