ALL meanings of inflection
in·flec·tion
I i - noun inflection voice: stress, intonation 1
- noun inflection grammar: word formation 1
- noun inflection modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice. 1
- noun inflection Also, flection. Grammar. the 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. the paradigm of a word. a single pattern of formation of a paradigm: noun inflection; verb inflection. the 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. the affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played. the systematic description of such processes in a given language, as in serves from serve, sings from sing, and harder from hard (contrasted with derivation). 1
- noun inflection a bend or angle. 1
- noun inflection Mathematics. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa. 1
- noun inflection A change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender. 1
- variable noun inflection An inflection in someone's voice is a change in its tone or pitch as they are speaking. 0
- variable noun inflection In grammar, an inflection is a change in the form of a word that shows its grammatical function, for example a change that makes a noun plural or makes a verb into the past tense. 0
- noun inflection modulation of the voice 0
- noun inflection 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 0
- noun inflection an angle or bend 0
- noun inflection the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected 0
- noun inflection a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa 0
- noun inflection a turning, bending, or curving 0
- noun inflection a turn, bend, or curve 0
- noun inflection any change in tone or pitch of the voice; modulation 0
- noun inflection a change of a curve or arc from convex to concave or the reverse 0
- noun inflection the change of form by which some words indicate certain grammatical relationships, as number, case, gender, or tense 0
- noun inflection an inflected form 0
- noun inflection 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) 0