1. Noun
The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
2. Noun
A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
3. Noun
A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
4. Noun
The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
5. Noun
Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
6. Noun
A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
7. Noun
Same as Diffraction.
8. Noun
A change to a word form that shows grammar, such as walked or books.
A grammatical change to a word that expresses features such as tense, number or comparison.
“The plural ending is an inflection.”
9. Noun
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
10. Noun
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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