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- pronunciation:
- ihn
flek
sh
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a change in the pitch or tone of a voice.
The music teacher gives our names a strange inflection when he is angry. |
| definition 2: |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb.
"Walk," "walks," and "walked" are forms of the same word, but they are different because of inflection. |
| definition 3: |
a form of a word other than the most basic form.
"Happier" is an inflection of the word "happy."
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| related words: |
accent, tone |
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| derivation: |
inflectionless (adj.) |
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