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inflection::noun | Spocien Dictionary

inflection

noun

/ɪn'flɛkʃən/

a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

Type	Words
Synonyms	modulation
Type of	delivery, manner of speaking, speech
Derivation	inflect

inflection

noun

/ɪn'flɛkʃən/

the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

Type	Words
Synonyms	prosody
Type of	speech, manner of speaking, delivery
Has types	stress, caesura, emphasis, enjambement, enjambment, intonation, modulation, pitch contour, rhythm, speech rhythm, accent
Derivation	inflect

inflection

noun

/ɪn'flɛkʃən/

deviation from a straight or normal course

Type	Words
Synonyms	flection, flexion
Type of	divergence, departure, difference, deviation

inflection

noun

/ɪn'flɛkʃən/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	inflexion
Type of	grammatical relation
Has types	declension, paradigm, conjugation, pluralisation, pluralization
Derivation	inflect, inflectional