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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flex•ion (in flek′shən),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- British Terms, Grammarinflection.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flec•tion /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. - change in pitch or tone of voice:[uncountable]He spoke with very little inflection in his voice.
- Grammar
- [uncountable] the process of adding an affix to a base or root of a word, or otherwise changing the shape of a base or root to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class, as in forming the past tense served from serve, or in forming the present tense, third person singular form sings from sing, or in forming harder from hard.
- [countable] an affix added in this process, as the -s in sings or the -ed in played.
- an inflected form of a word, as sings from sing.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] inflexion. in•flec•tion•al, adj.: inflectional endings in English, such as -est in fastest, or -ing in running.Compare derivation. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flec•tion (in flek′shən),USA pronunciation n. - modulation of the voice;
change in pitch or tone of voice. - GrammarAlso, flection.
- Grammarthe process or device of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class.
- Grammarthe paradigm of a word.
- Grammara single pattern of formation of a paradigm:noun inflection; verb inflection.
- Grammarthe change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated.
- Grammarthe affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.
- Grammarthe systematic description of such processes in a given language, as in serves from serve, sings from sing, and harder from hard (contrasted with derivation).
- a bend or angle.
- Mathematicsa change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] inflexion. - Latin inflexiōn- (stem of inflexiō) a bending. See inflect, -ion
- variant spelling, spelled of inflexion 1525–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inflection, inflexion /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ n - modulation of the voice
- (grammar) a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, gender, number, or case
- an angle or bend
- the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected
- a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa
inˈflectional, inˈflexional adj inˈflectionally, inˈflexionally adv inˈflectionless, inˈflexionless adj |