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inflectional
in·flec·tion I0131900 (ĭn-flĕk′shən)n.1. The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected.2. Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice.3. Grammar a. An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.b. An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the -s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.c. The paradigm of a word.d. A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.4. A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment.
in·flec′tion·al adj.in·flec′tion·al·ly adv.in•flec•tion•al (ɪnˈflɛk ʃə nl)
adj. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or used in inflection. [1825–35] in•flec′tion•al•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | inflectional - characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions; "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc."derivational - characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base; "the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational" |
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Related to inflectional: inflectional morphologyAntonyms for inflectionaladj characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctionsAntonyms |