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inflection Definition

in·flec·tion (in flek′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a turning, bending, or curving
  2. a turn, bend, or curve
  3. any change in tone or pitch of the voice; modulation to signal a question by a rising inflection
  4. a change of a curve or arc from convex to concave or the reverse
  5. Gram.
    1. the change of form by which some words indicate certain grammatical relationships, as number, case, gender, or tense
    2. an inflected form
    3. an inflectional element, as those bound forms used in English to form the plural and possessive case of nouns (ships, ship's) and the past tense and third person singular, present indicative, of verbs (he shipped, he ships)

Etymology: L inflexio < inflexus, pp. of inflectere: see inflect

inflection Synonyms

inflection

n.

modulation, intonation, pitch variation, pronunciation, enunciation, voice change, change of grammatical form, articulation, stress, emphasis, expression, tone of voice, delivery; see also accent 2, 3, sound 2.

inflection Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • verb: This module helps Macintosh users to study and practice the inflection of English verbs.
  • voice: The quality of their arguing and joking was a real treat with every gesture, every inflection of the voice executed to perfection.
  • noun: The regular plural inflection, and the genitive possessive inflection of nouns follow exactly the same pattern.

Converse of object

  • rise: In spoken Welsh, it means to end the sentence with a rising inflection.
  • have: The reggae rhythm combines well with the vocals, which also have true reggae inflections.
  • give: Plants and Ghosts promises Davies' familiar sensuous, lucid dance yet given new inflections and textural change.
  • hear: You can almost hear the inflection on the last sentence.

Adjective modifier

  • rhythmic: Boult's timing of the Spanish rhythmic inflections is, perhaps surprisingly given his reputation for English music, near-perfect.
  • vocal: For instance, the vocal inflections of a singer in Santa Fe modulated the lighting in New York.
  • verbal: The next main section of the paper gives an overview of English verbal inflection.
  • different: It is sung 3 times with a different inflection each time.
  • grammatical: These words may, additionally, be nuanced by means of, for instance, grammatical inflection.
  • subtle: But Beautiful imparts a warm, after-hours feeling with Brooks ' subtle inflections behind the leader's comforting open horn.

Modifies a noun

  • point: Users can choose a male or female voice who will speak with ' proper inflection points ' .
  • class: The adoption of Greek inflection class morphology ( see below ) indicates that lexical words were employed with elements of their original Greek morphology.
  • marker: Cross- classification of these inflection markers encodes natural classes of inflection.

Noun used with modifier

  • verb: It is fair to say that Portuguese grammar is more complex than English, mainly due to verb inflection.
  • jazz: Soulful with jazz inflections, mature definitely not poppy or watered down.
  • voice: The characters really seem to show voice inflection very well.
  • noun: It includes a survey of grammar, with tables for verb conjugations and noun inflections.