inflection meaning
EN[ɪnˈflɛkʃən] [-ɛkʃən]US
WInflection
- In grammar, inflection or inflexion is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case.
- An inflection expresses one or more grammatical categories with a prefix, suffix or infix, or another internal modification such as a vowel change.
- The inflected form of a word often contains both a free morpheme (a unit of meaning which can stand by itself as a word), and a bound morpheme (a unit of meaning which cannot stand alone as a word).
- NounPLinflectionsSUF-tion
- (grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
- an inflection for gender, number, or tense
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- (optometry) diffraction.
- (grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
Definition of inflection in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary