uncountable the process by which the form of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns changes in some languages depending on their relationship to other words in a sentence
Synonyms and related words
The grammatical behaviour of words
agreement
agree with
backshift
2
countable a group of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns in some languages that all change their form in the same way depending on their relationship to other words in a sentence
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence
accusative
adjunct
allomorph
declension
nounlinguistics
US /dɪˈklenʃən/
Word Forms
singular
declension
plural
declensions
DEFINITIONS2
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uncountable the process by which the form of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns changes in some languages depending on their relationship to other words in a sentence
Synonyms and related words
The grammatical behavior of words
agree with
backshift
cataphora
2
countable a group of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns in some languages that all change their form in the same way depending on their relationship to other words in a sentence