inflectionɪnˈflɛk ʃən
inflection (n)
- plural
- inflections
English Definitions:
inflection, inflexion (noun)
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
prosody, inflection (noun)
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
inflection, flection, flexion (noun)
deviation from a straight or normal course
modulation, inflection (noun)
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
inflection (Noun)
a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
inflection (Noun)
a change in pitch or tone of voice.
inflection (Noun)
a change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
inflection (Noun)
a turning away from a straight course.
Inflection
In grammar, inflection or inflexion is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case. The inflection of verbs is also called conjugation, and the inflection of nouns, adjectives and pronouns is also called declension. An inflection expresses one or more grammatical categories with a prefix, suffix or infix, or another internal modification such as a vowel change. For example, the Latin verb ducam, meaning "I will lead", includes the suffix -am, expressing person, number, and tense. The use of this suffix is an inflection. In contrast, in the English clause "I will lead", the word lead is not inflected for any of person, number, or tense; it is simply the bare form of a verb. The inflected form of a word often contains both a free morpheme, and a bound morpheme. For example, the English word cars is a noun that is inflected for number, specifically to express the plural; the content morpheme car is unbound because it could stand alone as a word, while the suffix -s is bound because it cannot stand alone as a word. These two morphemes together form the inflected word cars.
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